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The annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a 2-week event that was established to promote women’s rights,...
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Jul 15, 20225 min read
Partners in action: News from EQUALS
Coalition leadership handoff and welcoming new EQUALS partners EQUALS is a partnership made up of organizations and initiatives from many...
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EQUALS
Jan 6, 20225 min read
EQUALS: A look back at 2021
Review of EQUALS Global Partnership work in 2021
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Shivangi Sareen
May 25, 20217 min read
Celebrating Girls and Women in ICT
Women in Tech, The Guardian © Kiki Ljung 57% of women working in the tech sector have experienced gender discrimination in the workplace,...
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EQUALS
Mar 8, 20212 min read
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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Natalia Vicente, ESOA
Oct 12, 20202 min read
Changing Mindsets - time for a new approach!
It is painful to still hear people using phrases such as, “it is what it is”, or, “that’s just how society works” as an excuse for...
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Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU BDT Director
Oct 11, 20202 min read
A letter to my 15-year-old self
In honor of 2020 Day of the Girl, ITU's Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of the Bureau of Telecommunication Development, wrote this letter...
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Giulia Traverso
Oct 2, 20193 min read
Getting More Women in Tech: why mentorship is key
Giulia and her mentor, Sabine After completing my PhD in cryptography last spring, I decided that I was done with academia. Instead, I...
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EQUALS
Sep 4, 20192 min read
EQUALS is Closing the ICT Industry Gender Gap
The 2019 edition of ITU Telecom World is nearly upon us. From 9-12 September, "ICT ministers, regulators, major ICT companies and...
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Marcelo Blanco
Aug 16, 20197 min read
Open Education and Leadership Opportunities for Women in Tech
EQUALS’ goal is to achieve gender balance in the technology sector by supporting great projects and partners that work to overcome these...
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Stellah Serem
Aug 12, 20193 min read
Reflections from a Young Woman in Tech
When I was in primary school, I was always amazed at how machines were used to mark our exams, compile results and rank us according to...
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Archana Yengkhom
Aug 12, 20192 min read
Endless Possibilities: Pursuing a tech career
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and...
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Lucas Alves
Aug 7, 20193 min read
Finding Ways Forward: overcoming the hurdles of female-led tech start-ups
Starting a business is never easy. From preparing a business plan to starting day-to-day operations, the hurdles are numerous. Things are...
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accelerateHER
Aug 3, 20192 min read
Success Story Sunday: Tackling the education gap and empowering a generation of confident young lear
Lulu Bisignani at accelerateHER Around the world, 250 million children lack access to basic education; literacy rates staggeringly low in...
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Doreen Yomoah
Jul 6, 20193 min read
Are Tech Cooperatives the Answer to Getting More Women in Tech?
Today is the International Day of Cooperatives, hosted by the United Nations and the International Cooperatives Alliance (ICA). According...
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Jacqueline Traore
Jul 3, 20193 min read
Un-hiding Hidden Figures: experiences and contributions of women in tech
In recent years, we have begun to hear more often about the need to address the gender imbalance in the tech sector by training and...
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Lucas Alves
Jun 27, 20192 min read
Women in Tech: the role of women in micro, small and medium-sized companies
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are crucial to economic growth and development. They represent almost 70 per cent of jobs...
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EQUALS Leadership Coalition
Mar 18, 20195 min read
Money matters: Tackling the gender gap in technology investment
While women form more than 50% of businesses in the United States and 30% of businesses globally, they continue to receive only 2-3% of...
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IEEE Internet Initiative Gender Digital Divide
Jan 8, 201911 min read
25 Ways to Be a More Inclusive Engineer
This list, created in support of EQUALS by members of its Leadership Coalition, highlights 25 actions that individual engineers can take...
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EQUALS
Nov 19, 20183 min read
Mentoring can open your eyes to more opportunities
Margaret Gates, 15, from Wantagh, New York, dreams of being an engineer or astrophysicist, but until 2016, she had yet to explore other...
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