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    EQUALS: A look back at 2021
    EQUALS
    • Jan 6
    • 5 min

    EQUALS: A look back at 2021

    Review of EQUALS Global Partnership work in 2021
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    Celebrate International Women's Day
    EQUALS
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Celebrate International Women's Day

    #EQUALSinTech, every step of the way! The EQUALS Global Partnership is a group of committed organizations from all around the world,...
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    International Day of Rural Women: Rural Women Face a Triple Divide
    Access Coalition
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    International Day of Rural Women: Rural Women Face a Triple Divide

    October 15th is the International Day of Rural Women, and this year’s theme is “Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19”.
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    Digital solutions for women to mitigate the consequences of COVID-19 and future risks
    Teresa Burelli
    • Apr 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    Digital solutions for women to mitigate the consequences of COVID-19 and future risks

    The COVID-19 pandemic has caught the world by surprise. Beyond the grave health repercussions, this crisis has led to unprecedented...
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    Violence against Women and Girls: what’s tech got to do with it?
    Anastasia Bektimirova
    • Nov 25, 2019
    • 4 min

    Violence against Women and Girls: what’s tech got to do with it?

    On 25 November every year, the international community comes together for a global discussion on one of the most widespread violations of...
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    Transforming Rural Women's Lives Through Tech
    Doreen Yomoah
    • Oct 15, 2019
    • 4 min

    Transforming Rural Women's Lives Through Tech

    Rural people around the world, despite contributing immensely to the global economy, face greater obstacles to sustainable development...
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    #WinnerWedneday: What's New at LAL?
    EQUALS
    • Sep 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    #WinnerWedneday: What's New at LAL?

    In 2017, Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL) won the Access category of the EQUALS in Tech Awards with its innovative e-platform,...
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    5 Links to Check Out: Indigenous women and tech
    Doreen Yomoah
    • Aug 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    5 Links to Check Out: Indigenous women and tech

    Today is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. According to the UN, “There are an estimated 370 million indigenous...
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    Online safety: a driver of gender inequality in internet access
    Mariana Lopez
    • Nov 21, 2018
    • 4 min

    Online safety: a driver of gender inequality in internet access

    “The gender digital divide is both a consequence and cause of violations of women’s human rights.” - The United Nations High Commissioner...
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    Girls and mobile: access is just a piece of the puzzle
    Kecia Bertermann
    • Nov 9, 2018
    • 3 min

    Girls and mobile: access is just a piece of the puzzle

    In many countries around the world, boys are 1.5 times more likely to own a mobile phone than a girl. Even when girls have access to a...
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    Ubuntu: Bridging the digital divide with ancient African philosophy
    Ized Uanikhehi
    • Nov 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    Ubuntu: Bridging the digital divide with ancient African philosophy

    "Ubuntu" is an ancient humanist African philosophy which was coined from the Zulu phrase "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu", which literally...
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    Beyond increasing and deepening basic access to ICT for women
    Don Rodney Junio
    • Oct 17, 2018
    • 3 min

    Beyond increasing and deepening basic access to ICT for women

    In the recent address of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, he highlighted two...
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    Growing EQUALS partnership welcomes three new members
    EQUALS
    • Jul 2, 2018
    • 3 min

    Growing EQUALS partnership welcomes three new members

    We are pleased to formally announce and welcome three new members of our global partnership. Now in our second year, EQUALS comprises...
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    EQUALS Access Coalition at Transform Africa Summit 2018
    EQUALS
    • Jun 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    EQUALS Access Coalition at Transform Africa Summit 2018

    EQUALS Access Coalition partners performing the universal symbol for digital gender equality Transform Africa Summit (TAS) is the leading...
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    Meet Charbel, a software engineer bridging the gender digital divide in Lebanon
    Dr. Nayla Fahed Zreik
    • May 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    Meet Charbel, a software engineer bridging the gender digital divide in Lebanon

    The Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is a youth-led movement of social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create...
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    Strengthening women’s leadership roles in e-trade: Q&A with Arancha González
    ITU News
    • May 14, 2018
    • 3 min

    Strengthening women’s leadership roles in e-trade: Q&A with Arancha González

    ITU News recently had the opportunity to speak with Arancha González, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), to...
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    GSMA Marks International Girls in ICT Day with Events around the World
    Press Release
    • Apr 26, 2018
    • 3 min

    GSMA Marks International Girls in ICT Day with Events around the World

    GSMA Regional Offices Invite Girls to Explore Career Opportunities in ICT Sector London: The GSMA will celebrate the annual ITU...
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    Papua New Guinea celebrates Girls in ICT Day
    Carole Cholai
    • Apr 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    Papua New Guinea celebrates Girls in ICT Day

    Girls in ICT Day activities have started in Papua New Guinea! In support of the international day to empower girls with ICT skills, the...
    55 views0 comments
    The Digital Gender Divide, Universal Design, and Intersectionality
    Rannveig Alette Skjerve and G. Anthony Giannoumis
    • Apr 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Digital Gender Divide, Universal Design, and Intersectionality

    In ICT Discovery museum, ITU and the Mission of the United States in Geneva co-organized workshops for local school girls on satellites,...
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    Leveraging the Power of ICTs for Rural Women and Girls at the 62nd Commission for the Status of Wome
    EQUALS
    • Apr 6, 2018
    • 6 min

    Leveraging the Power of ICTs for Rural Women and Girls at the 62nd Commission for the Status of Wome

    Participants from Liberia and Malawi at the end of a six-month solar engineering course in March 2012. Photo Credit: UN Women/Gaganjit...
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