29 May 2024
AI and Children's Rights
In this blogpost, which was previously published in NORRAG’s 4th Policy Insights publication on “AI and Digital Inequalities”, Sonia Livingstone and Gazal Shekhawat call for a global public debate that includes children’s ideas about how to develop AI in ways informed by children’s rights. When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, calls to ban its... Read More
29 May 2024
Towards Fairness and Justice in AI Education Policymaking
In this blogpost, which was previously published in NORRAG’s 4th Policy Insights publication on “AI and Digital Inequalities”, Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem warns of the risks of digital poverty, “monolithic societies” and misinformation through AI. Considering the main elements of an ethical and just policy approach to AI in education should be done without giving in to... Read More
29 May 2024
The Heart in the Matter: Education that Forges an Equitable and Diverse AI Future
In this blogpost, which was previously published in NORRAG’s 4th Policy Insights publication on “AI and Digital Inequalities”, Carolina Earle argues for participatory, feminist, innovative methods to achieve a more equitable, inclusive, diverse and just AI future through and for education. The inventors, owners and beneficiaries of AI have emerged from predominantly WEIRD (Western/White, educated/English-speaking,... Read More
29 May 2024
Keeping Young Children Safe: The Implications of Generative and Conversational Artificial Intelligence for Child Protection
In this blogpost, which was previously published in NORRAG’s 4th Policy Insights publication on “AI and Digital Inequalities”, Nomisha Kurian discusses the implications of AI for child protection. Babies born today will grow up in a world profoundly changed by artificial intelligence (AI), yet young children are often AI’s least-considered stakeholders. In recent years, generative... Read More
KIX EMAP SAMENA Team Retreat
Date: 12 – 13 June 2024 Location: Cox Bazar, Bangladesh The South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa (SAMENA) subregion of the KIX EMAP Hub will host its sub-regional team retreat in Bangladesh from June 12 to 13, 2024. The KIX EMAP SAMENA Team Retreat aims to facilitate collaborative discussions around the work in the... Read More
28 May 2024
Innovative Financing for Education Spring Events
This spring, the Innovative Financing for Education team hosted and participated in a number of engaging virtual and in-person events. These included the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference, the Outcomes Finance Alliance (OFA) Summit, the Education Finance Network (EFN) EduFinance Learning Group meeting series, and the research visit by Tata Institute of... Read More
Impact Investing in Global Health and Education - and Buildings Strong Partnerships
With Farid Fezoua, Global Director Health & Education, IFC 30 May 2024, 18:30 – 20:00 Maison de la paix (Auditorium A2), Chemin Eugène Rigot 2a, 1202 Geneva With Farid Fezoua, Global Director Health & Education, International Finance Corp. (IFC) REGISTER Presentation IFC’s Director for Global Health, Education, Services and Disruptive Technologies, Mr. Farid Fezoua, will address impact investing... Read More
24 May 2024
Event Highlights: KIX EMAP Webinar 19: Advancing Gender Equity and Social Inclusion: Evidence-Based Education Research in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
العربية On 27 March 2024, the KIX EMAP Hub hosted Webinar 19 on the topic of “Advancing Gender Equity and Social Inclusion: Evidence-Based Education Research in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa”. More than 90 participants attended this online event. The webinar was conducted in English, with interpretation in Arabic. The webinar opened with... Read More
23 May 2024
Global Governance and Education: UNESCO’s Odyssey
This blog post by Alexandra Draxler and Maren Elfert, which is part of the NORRAG blog series on “International Organizations and the Global Governance of Education”, synthesizes some of the themes discussed in a recent podcast on UNESCO’s role in the global governance of education. A recent podcast on a new book (2023) entitled... Read More