Connected Women's Elevate AIDA trains marginalised Filipino women — single mothers, PWDs, displaced OFWs — in AI data annotation; grown from 60 pandemic-era trainees to 2,400+ by 2026, with TESDA certification and a goal of 300,000 women by 2032.
2,400+
Women trained (by July 2026)
1,100+
Graduates specialising in AI data work (by March 2026)
Details
Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Connected Women
Period
2020–2026
Keywords
AI data annotation, workforce inclusion, gender equality, social enterprise
Context
Elevate AIDA, run by Philippine social enterprise Connected Women, trains women facing employment barriers (mothers, elderly, domestic helpers, displaced overseas workers, women with disabilities, single mothers) in AI data-annotation skills.
Results
The programme grew from 60 trainees during COVID-19 to more than 2,400 women trained by July 2026, with 1,100+ graduates specialising in AI data work; Connected Women targets 300,000 women trained in AI/ML skills within eight years, but reported earnings and outcomes are self-reported programme figures rather than independently evaluated.
Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Connected Women (implementing NGO)
Conditions for success
Partnership agreements with government agencies and Meta as a training partner
TESDA 'Big Data Analytics' programme recognition
Commonly funded by
Philanthropic / foundation fundingNational / regional programmes
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