the book

AI for Equity

Creating a More Equitable Society for All

Leah-Sunshine Garrett and Jenny Garrett OBE

Emerald Publishing · 27 October 2026

Equitable AI is a design problem, not a technology problem. That sentence is the argument of the book, and it is the reason Dawn is built the way it is.

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Cover of AI for Equity by Jenny Garrett OBE and Leah-Sunshine Garrett
why this book, why now

Twelve practitioners. Four continents. One design question.

AI for Equity asks how these systems can be built to dismantle systemic inequity rather than automate it. It draws on conversations with practitioners across four continents, and on the AI for Equity podcast, to look at what equity actually requires in the places it is hardest to deliver.

The book is not a survey of the technology. It is an account of the decisions taken around it, by the people taking them, in the domains where getting it wrong costs the most.

  • Gender-based violence
  • Neurodiversity
  • Recruitment
  • Healthcare
  • Socio-economic inclusion
The EQUITAS framework

A concrete starting point for leaders: the tools and language to bring an equity lens to AI decisions in your own organisation.

the authors

Leah-Sunshine Garrett

Founder and CEO, Dawn Intelligence

Solo technical founder of Dawn Intelligence. Built the platform end to end. Coding since age eleven. Politics and Psychology, University of Dundee. Her work is on surfacing patterns of violence and exploitation at area level, for the people whose job it is to prevent it.

Jenny Garrett OBE

Founder and CEO, Jenny Garrett Global

Executive coach, speaker and author, working on inclusive leadership, gender balance and equity since 2006. Author of Equality vs Equity and Rocking Your Role.

AI for Equity podcast, hosted by Jenny and Leah Garrett

The two also co-host the AI for Equity podcast, which the book draws on throughout.

Talks, workshops and bulk orders.

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