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Participants ask who mediates phone access and how household or intergenerational support changes design.

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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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Participants ask who mediates phone access and how household or intergenerational support changes design.

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Attributed contributors: Caryl Feldacker. “Participants ask who mediates phone access and how household or intergenerational support changes design..” Connected ≠ Ready: Getting to a Ground-Level View of AI Readiness for Women and Vulnerable Populations. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 16 September 2026. Session time 1:08:24–1:10:27. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-c5d94970e34f

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Participants ask who mediates phone access and how household or intergenerational support changes design.

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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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Proposed mechanism: Identify actual gatekeepers and helpers rather than assume isolated users.

Limit: Examples and questions do not prove that a particular proxy arrangement is safe.

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