At the NCWA Triennial Conference on Thursday, 21 November 2024, NCWA RESOLVED to urge the Australian Government:
- Deepfake Prevention – To integrate gender responsive standards at every stage of AI development and deployment, ensuring that AI systems, including those capable of creating deepfakes, do not perpetuate harm, exploitation, or violence against women.
- Ethical AI Guidelines – To develop and adopt ethical gender responsive AI guidelines with a gender lens. It is critical to integrate gender-responsive standards that ensure the impacts on women and girls are considered at every stage of AI design, development and deployment,
- Gender Equity in Technology – To foster a technological landscape that is ethical, transparent, and equitable for women ensuring that technological advancements contribute positively to society, maximising perspectives of women and girls during the design and implementation stages.
- Introducing a Seniors Dental Benefit Scheme as soon as possible – To improve oral and dental health outcomes for older people in Australia by introducing a Seniors Dental Benefit Scheme as recommended by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and that a timeline for this be developed as soon as possible.
- Women’s Economic Sustainability must start in the Early Years – To provide funding for schools to take a transformative role in challenging gender stereotypes, beginning in the early years, and directly support girls to maintain participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) across all levels of schooling.
