New Book · Emerald Publishing · 27 October 2026

AI for Equity

Creating a More Equitable Society for All

By Leah-Sunshine Garrett and Jenny Garrett OBE

Emerald Publishing · Paperback, 252 pages · £19.99 · ISBN 9781837428571

“AI will not make the world fairer by accident. It will take people who choose to build it that way. This book shows you how.”

Why this book, why now

AI for Equity explores how artificial intelligence can be harnessed to dismantle systemic inequities and build a fairer society. Drawing on global expert insights and the conversations behind the AI for Equity podcast, it offers a roadmap for using AI to tackle challenges in gender-based violence, neurodiversity, recruitment, healthcare and socio-economic inclusion.

Twelve practitioners across four continents, grounded in real work, make the case that equitable AI is a design problem, not a technology problem. Through a unique intergenerational lens, the book blends wisdom and innovation to show how ethical AI can drive meaningful social change.

More than theory, it delivers actionable strategies, real-world case studies and thought-provoking questions. Whether you’re in the C-suite, a community organiser, or a curious reader passionate about equity, this book gives you the tools and language to influence the future of AI responsibly.

A roadmap, not a warning

Practical strategies for using AI to address real inequities: from recruitment and healthcare to gender-based violence and socio-economic inclusion.

Twelve voices, four continents

Guest experts grounded in real work share how they are building AI that widens access rather than narrows it.

The EQUITAS framework

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

Two voices, one question

What would it take for AI to serve everyone? An intergenerational answer, from two authors who see the same technology from very different vantage points.

Leah-Sunshine Garrett

Founder & Technical Director, Dawn Intelligence

Founder and technical director of Dawn Intelligence, an advisory institutional intelligence platform for the public sector. Leah builds tools that surface patterns in violence, exploitation and harm without crossing into surveillance, refusing individual prediction at the code level, shaped by years of self-taught engineering and her background in politics and psychology.

Jenny Garrett OBE

Founder & CEO, Jenny Garrett Global

Founder and CEO of Jenny Garrett Global, an award-winning leadership development consultancy supporting organisations worldwide since 2006. An executive coach, speaker and author, her work focuses on inclusive leadership, gender balance and equity. She is the author of Equality vs Equity and Rocking Your Role.

What readers are saying

"Most books about AI ask you to think differently. This one asks you to act. The most radical thing it does is also the simplest: it listens to practitioners, communities, and people whose knowledge has been sitting outside the room where AI decisions get made. Jenny and Leah-Sunshine Garrett have written the book the field has been waiting for without knowing it."
Karen Blake MBE Hon. FBAASc, Former Co-CEO, Tech Talent Charter; Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association
"Most AI strategy conversations stop at capability and skip the harder question: whose interests does the system serve, and what governance exists to ensure it? This book does not skip it. Twelve practitioners across four continents, grounded in real work, making the case that equitable AI is a design problem, not a technology problem. The EQUITAS framework gives leaders somewhere concrete to start."
Markus Bernhardt PhD, Founder, Endeavor Intelligence; Author, The Endeavor Report; Keynote Speaker, San Francisco
"AI for Equity is, simply put, a seminal work. Leah-Sunshine's aptitude for systemic pattern recognition maps out the interconnectivity across the continuum of domestic violence and abuse against women and girls, unapologetically refusing to treat instances as isolated incidents. Meanwhile, Jenny, with the meticulousness of a literary detective, drills down into the core of design, adoption, and deployment concerns with a rare precision that is a privilege to observe. Both have a wonderful, collaborative way of not catastrophising but championing - not just mitigation techniques - but actual, practical, grounded, and genuinely positive solutions. I could not recommend this book more highly."
Cecilia Jastrzembska, Senior Policy Advisor, Co-Founding Member, UKAI Women in AI, Political Journalist, Award-Winning Keynote Speaker

Heard the podcast?

The book grew from the AI for Equity podcast, where Jenny and Leah-Sunshine talk to innovators and change-makers working where technology meets justice. Three series and counting.

Listen to AI for Equity

Host a book event

Want to bring the AI for Equity conversation to your organisation, network or community? Jenny and Leah-Sunshine are taking bookings for author talks, panels and in-conversation events around the launch.

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Bring it to your organisation

Bulk orders, book-club packs, keynotes and workshops built around the book are available for organisations ready to lead on AI and equity.

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