Harness the power of AI to build a more equitable future!
Google's Women Techmakers She Builds AI global hackathon challenges you to use your skills and creativity to address UN Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. We encourage you to utilize Google AI technologies to build your innovative solutions.
"Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.”
Your mission: Develop an AI-powered project that tackles real-world challenges women and girls face around the world. Imagine an app that combats online harassment using natural language processing, a tool that illuminates pay gaps through machine learning, or an educational platform that uses AI to personalize learning for girls in STEM. The possibilities are endless!
What we're looking for: We want to see innovative solutions that use AI to address the gender equity challenges outlined in UN SDG 5, including:
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Ending discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
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Eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls
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Ensuring access to healthcare for all women and girls
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Promoting economic empowerment & leadership for women and girls
Google's cutting-edge AI tools are at your disposal – use them to build something amazing! Explore tools like Gemini, AI Studio, AI Edge, Gemma and more to bring your ideas to life.
New to AI? No problem! This hackathon welcomes participants of all backgrounds and skill levels. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting your coding journey, your unique perspectives and passion are the sparks that ignite change.
Spark your innovation! Dive into UN SDG 5's goals and research and leverage the power of Google AI tools and technologies. Supercharge your skills with Women Techmakers She Builds AI trainings and events - your launchpad for hackathon success.
* Please note, this hackathon is open to participants of all genders! *
Requirements
What to Build:
Develop an AI powered solution to address gender equity challenges around the world, as outlined in UN Sustainable Development Goal 5.
What to Submit:
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Provide a URL to your code repository for judging and testing.
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Identify which gender equity category you are submitting to
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Gender equality
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Women and girl’s safety
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Women and girl’s healthcare
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Women and girl’s Economic Equality and Leadership
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Identify if and how Google Gemini or Gemma was used in your project. If it was included, please provide how it was used.
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Identify what other Google products were used
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Include a video (about 3 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.
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Text description of the project, including how this would contribute towards gender equality.
Prizes
$40,000 in prizes
Best of Gender Equality (Ending Discrimination against women and girls everywhere application)
* $7,500 USD
* Promotion of winning project subject to Google’s discretion
* Promotion of winning project on Women Techmakers blog
Best of Safety (ending Violence against women and girls everywhere application)
* $7,500 USD
* Promotion of winning project subject to Google’s discretion
* Promotion of winning project on Women Techmakers blog
Best of Women's Healthcare
* $7,500 USD
* Promotion of winning project subject to Google’s discretion
* Promotion of winning project on Women Techmakers blog
Best of Women's Economic Equality and Leadership
* $7,500 USD
* Promotion of winning project subject to Google’s discretion
* Promotion of winning project on Women Techmakers blog
Best Use of Gemini
* $2,500 USD
* Promotion of winning project subject to Google’s discretion
* Promotion of winning project on Women Techmakers blog
Most Impactful Project
* $2,500 USD
* Promotion of winning project subject to Google’s discretion
* Promotion of winning project on Women Techmakers blog
Most Original Project
* $2,500 USD
* Promotion of winning project subject to Google’s discretion
* Promotion of winning project on Women Techmakers blog
Best Use of Gemma
* $2,500 USD
* Promotion of winning project subject to Google’s discretion
* Promotion of winning project on Women Techmakers blog
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
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Sequoyah Patrick
Senior Program Manager, Women Techmakers
Rana Abdelhamid
Product Marketing Manager
Shaifali Kanji
Customer Engineer, Infrastructure
Tushara Langulya Balabolu
Software Engineer
Emma Freeman
Learning Portfolio Manager, AI/ML and Data Analytics, Google Cloud
Belen Carreira
Learning Experience Designer, Google Cloud
Anjusha Sandeep Nair
Principal Architect, Google Maps & Google Cloud
Lakshya Sivaramakrishnan
Technical Program Manager III
Catherine Vlasov
Software Engineer
Arpana Hosabettu
Software Engineer
Sonakshi Pandey
Google Cloud, Customer Engineer
Elia Anagnostou
Software Engineer, Site Reliability
Varshika Gambhir
Software Engineer
Janet Sung
Software Engineer
Thais Melo
Cloud SRE UTL
Ishani Srivastava
Software Engineer
Emily Wilson
Software Engineer
Prasanthi Gurumurthy
Software Engineer
Lilian Felix
Alphabet Cloud Engineer
Peggy Li
Software Engineer
Kiana McNellis
Software Engineer
Rupa Narayanan
Technical Program Manager, Big Data and Analytics
Harshita Kasera
Software Engineer
Paige Bailey
AI Developer Experience Engineer
Judging Criteria
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Impact & Relevance
* Does it addresses a significant need? * Is there a potential for positive impact? * Is there alignment with Women's Empowerment? -
Innovation & Creativity
* Is the project original? * Does the project offer a new and innovative approach to the chosen issue?* Does it leverage AI in a creative and effective way? * Is the AI solution well-designed and implemented? -
Presentation & Communication
* Is the project presented in a clear, concise, and compelling manner? * Are the problem statement, solution, and impact clearly articulated? * Does the demo video demonstrate the tool adequately?