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The dashboard contrasts national and district estimates based partly on platform-advertising data.

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

The dashboard contrasts national and district estimates based partly on platform-advertising data.

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Attributed contributors: Caryl Feldacker. “The dashboard contrasts national and district estimates based partly on platform-advertising data..” Connected ≠ Ready: Getting to a Ground-Level View of AI Readiness for Women and Vulnerable Populations. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 16 September 2026. Session time 46:11–47:38. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-86dadbe3a3d9

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The dashboard contrasts national and district estimates based partly on platform-advertising data.

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Use subnational estimates to identify possible access disparities.

Limit: Meta users are not the whole population; presenter acknowledges limits.

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