Mary Kay announced a partnership with the Equal Rights Trust (ERT), an organization whose mission is to eliminate all forms of discrimination and ensure everyone can participate in society on an equal basis.
Established in 2007, ERT works to advance equality around the world. As part of this collaboration, Mary Kay will help ERT jumpstart an innovative field of research on artificial intelligence and algorithms through a gender-based perspective.
Mary Kay said its support to the ERT will pioneer a new field of research on the discriminatory impact of algorithmic systems. ERT has developed and promoted models of equality impact assessment, advocating an “equality by design” approach in public and private decision making as a means to ensure non-discrimination and equality of participation.
Julia Simon, Mary Kay’s Chief Legal Officer and Chief Diversity Officer, said, “As a company founded on the mission to enrich the lives of women everywhere, Mary Kay is constantly on the lookout for organizations we can partner with to make an impact for gender equality globally. We’re excited to support Equal Rights Trust on their work to help advance equality by design and beyond forge a way forward to collaborations with the private sector. Our work with ERT is specifically focused on framing the new landscape of artificial intelligence and gender equality, a growing concern in the digital age.”
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