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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed ishtiaque@csebuet.org Date: Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:35 AM Subject: Fwd: [MLDS-Africa] Open call: Incubating Feminist AI: <From Paper to Prototype to Pilot> To: Ishtiaque Ahmed ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ranjit Singh ranjit@datasociety.net Date: Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 2:16 AM Subject: [MLDS-Africa] Open call: Incubating Feminist AI: <From Paper to Prototype to Pilot> To: Machine Learning and Data Science Africa Network < mlds-africa@googlegroups.com>

Hello Everyone,

I hope this email finds you well. I would like to share the open call Incubating Feminist AI: <From Paper to Prototype to Pilot> https://aplusalliance.org/. This initiative has been selected to participate as an example of new global governance at the Paris Peace Forum https://www.womenatthetable.net/blog/a-alliance-for-inclusive-algorithms-selected-for-2021-paris-peace-forum .

If you are located in the eligible countries and regions of the Global South, we would be delighted if you submit a proposal. It would be also very helpful if you could please share the call with anyone you think might be interested in participating.

Here are some important dates:

- Opens: September 15, 2021 - Closes: October 31, 2021 (Anywhere on Earth) - Results: November 15, 2021

For this call, it is necessary to submit a preliminary proposal (4,000-5,000 words). From the submitted proposals, 9 will be selected to write a paper presenting the project in greater depth, for which CAD 8,000 will be awarded. Then, 3 will be selected to build a prototype, with a budget of 75,000 CAD. From the prototypes, one will be selected for a pilot, with an additional CAD 50,000.

You can review the details in the following links:

- https://feministai.pubpub.org/ - https://aplusalliance.org/en/pages/network_questions

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Cheers,

Ranjit Singh Postdoctoral Scholar | AI on the Ground, Data & Society http://ranjitsingh.me/