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AI & Gender Conference

Where: Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL Google Maps

When: Saturday, 14th February 2026 10.30am – 4.00pm

For professionals and stakeholders
For young women and girls
STEM
Upcoming

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Dominika Čupková & Archival Images of AI + AIxDESIGN / Better Images of AI / CC BY 4.0

This Safer Internet Day, learn more about how AI impacts young women and girls, and what we can do now to shape its regulation and use.

The event will be hosted at Old College, the University of Edinburgh, between 10.30am and 4pm.

This event has been organised by young women aged 16-25 as part of Young Women Lead.

Whilst it is primarily aimed at young people aged 16+, we welcome professionals with an interest in digital VAWG or those who work with young people to attend.

We have a small budget available to support travel expenses for young people, please contact elena@youngwomenscot.org if you want to have a chat about this

What to expect

10.30am Arrival and refreshments
10.45am Welcome address and introduction
11.15am Morning workshops
12.10pm Q & A session with Professor Clare McGlynn
1.00pm Lunch break
1.45pm Afternoon workshops
2.30pm Digital detox: creativity and collaboration break
3.10pm Panel discussion
3.50pm Closing address

Workshop details

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‘Exposed’

Amina, The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre (Amina MWRC)
This workshop will be exploring intimate image abuse and the impact on Muslim and Minority Ethnic women, including honour based abuse.

Amina MWRC is an intersectional organisation in Scotland that empowers and supports Muslim and Minority Ethnic (ME) women by serving as a vital link between them and the barriers they face every day. We deliver services across Scotland, both online and in person. Our support includes a national helpline offering free, confidential, culturally sensitive assistance on issues such as domestic abuse, mental health, employability, and visa concerns. We also provide telephone befriending, domestic abuse and financial advocacy, employability assistance, adult learning classes, VAWG prevention campaigns, and weekly creative well-being sessions for women in Glasgow and Dundee.

Image thanks to Reihaneh Golpayegani / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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What does building a feminist AI look like?

CHAYN
In this workshop we will explore what building a feminist AI can look like – what makes an AI feminist? What ethical considerations do we want to keep in mind? What does feminist design look like? This workshop will guide participants through their own reflection and showcase our Survivor AI, Chayn’s attempt at building a feminist AI.

Eva Blum-Dumontet is Head of Movement Building and Policy at Chayn, an organisation providing online resources to survivors of gender-based violence.

Image thanks to Yutong Liu & Digit / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Young women’s Guide to AI

The Young Women’s Movement
In this workshop, we will look at the content and creation of our ‘Guide to AI’, which launched in August 2025. Participants will take part in activities that aim to equip them with the skills and knowledge to develop a critical understanding of AI from a young women’s perspective.

The Young Women’s Movement is Scotland’s national organisation for young women and girls’ leadership and rights. We support young women and girls across Scotland to lead change on issues that matter to them by providing them with resources, networks and platforms to collectively challenge inequality.

Image thanks to Dominika Čupková & Archival Images of AI + AIxDESIGN / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Q & A session with Professor Clare McGlynn

Clare McGlynn (she/her)
Clare McGlynn is a Professor of Law at Durham University and is an expert on violence against women and girls, particularly online abuse, pornography and sexual violence. She has worked closely with politicians, survivors and women’s organisations to strengthen laws on extreme pornography, cyberflashing and played a key role in developing the new laws combating sexually explicit deepfakes. Her book Exposed – the risk of extreme porn and how we fight back is being published in May 2026 and she’s also the co-author of Cyberflashing: recognising harms, reforming laws (2021) and Image-Based Sexual Abuse: a study on the causes and consequences of non-consensual imagery (2021).

Instagram: @claremcglynn_ LinkedIn: @clare-mcglynn TikTok: @claremcglynn_

AI & Gender Conference