Ethics by design and international soft and hard standards on the nexus gender-artificial intelligence

The contribution is intended to debate over the nexus between gender and artificial intelligence as for programs and systems based on AI which could produce, if the ethics by design is not approached according to a gender perspective, gender biases. The need for overcoming this criticality rests upon the need for improving the presence and participation of the female component in the design, development and implementation of the aforementioned programs and systems, in digital teams as members or leaders, to contribute for the elaboration of technical solutions within a legal framework which is aimed to translate current soft standards in force into hard laws.