The EQUALS Global Partnership is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 EQUALS in Tech Awards. The annual awards recognize initiatives that work to bring gender equality to the digital world. Individuals and organizations can nominate their own initiatives or those of others for an award in the following categories: Access: Initiatives related to improving women’s and girls’ digital technology access, connectivity and security Skills: Initiat

Bridge the Gap, an initiative of the Ghana-based company Kumasi Hive, won the Leadership in SMEs category (Leadership II) award at the 2019 EQUALS in Tech Awards at the 2019 Internet Governance Forum in Berlin, Germany. This year’s winners joined high-level representatives from EQUALS partners to celebrate successful initiatives and projects to promote gender equality in the technology sector. Over 200 organizations submitted entries for this year’s awards, which span five ca

In 2017, Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL) won the Access category of the EQUALS in Tech Awards with its innovative e-platform, Tabshoura (Arabic for “chalk”). Since then, both LAL and Tabshoura have grown, partly thanks to visibility from winning the award. Read on to find out just some of what LAL and Tabshoura have been up to. Tabshoura Developing Tabshoura, a free and accessible e-platform that is available in Arabic, English and French became LAL’s main project. It sup

Rada Basu accepting her GEM-Tech Award in 2015 Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest tickets in the ICT space right now – and the rapid proliferation of machine-learning platforms is bringing with it a raft of new types of jobs aimed at feeding data-devouring AI systems. One such role is data labelling, a lesser-known but vital part of the AI supply chain that creates algorithms to help AI systems interpret a whole range of different inputs – from video footage, to we

Second in our ongoing series showcasing past winners of the EQUALS in Tech Award is Khabrona.info, a Mercy Corps initiative that provides updated, critical information for Syrian refugees on their journey to safety. Our judges loved the way Khabrona.info helped women and their families get access to digital resources like legal guidance, birth and marriage records, and documents to rectify status for refugees. At the award ceremony in September 2018, we asked Khabrona.info pr

The annual EQUALS in Tech Awards recognize initiatives from around the world that help imagine a better digital future for women and girls. Every year we give awards recognizing work that helps girls and women get equal access, skills and opportunities online and in the tech industry. At the 2018 awards, we asked this year’s winners to tell us a bit about how the recognition that goes with winning the award might impact their work. Laboratoria's Marisol Alarcón answers questi

If the middle of the week normally gets you down, fear not! Starting this month, we’re celebrating five years of the EQUALS in Tech Awards by featuring all 27 of our past winners in a series we’re calling #WinnersWednesdays. It’s a dose of inspiration to liven up your week and introduce you to a community that is working tirelessly to close the gender digital divide. Since 2014, the EQUALS Global Partnership has recognized initiatives large and small from around the globe for

Last week in Geneva, UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum (WIF18) brought together a group of passionate, global pioneers all working towards progressive goals, under the central theme of "Investment in Sustainable Development". With over 50 events joined by over 5,000 participants, this distinguished platform allowed a number of stakeholders from governmental and international organizations, business, civil societies, academia and visionaries to all come together under one roof,

The five winners of the 2018 EQUALS in Tech Awards were announced in a ceremony on 22 September 2018 at the Yale Club in New York City. The annual awards recognize the innovation and creativity of global initiatives promoting the inclusion of women and girls in the tech sector and in internet access. Winners of the 2018 Equals in Tech Awards: (L to R) Ethel Cofie - Women in Tech Africa; Meghann Portland - Mercy Corps; Mira Al-Khatib - Khabrona.info; AfterAccess (Alison Gillw

EQUALS is pleased to announce the 22 finalists for the 2018 EQUALS in Tech Awards, the annual flagship event of the EQUALS global partnership. The awards recognize outstanding projects and initiatives around the world that are helping women and girls become #EQUALSinTech. Our 22 Awards finalists are reimagining the digital future. This year marks two important milestones for EQUALS: This year is the fifth edition of the awards, and we received our highest number of nominatio

Winner of the 2017 EQUALS in Tech Awards in the Leadership Category, Sulá Batsú Cooperativa is a non-profit organization in Costa Rica creating women-led rural “technological poles” that empower women to launch their own digital businesses. It is also a member of the EQUALS Advisory Group, a team of former winners who serve as ambassadors of the Awards. EQUALS caught up with Ms. Kemly Camacho, President of Sulá Batsú Cooperativa, to hear about how the organization has progres

Geneva, 21 March 2018 – The EQUALS Global Partnership is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for the prestigious 2018 EQUALS in Tech Awards. Exceptional initiatives that are using the power of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to empower women and girls across the globe are invited to submit nominations. This year’s EQUALS in Tech Awards will be presented in four categories: Access: Initiatives related to improving women and girl’s digital

Outstanding initiatives from around the world that use the power of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to empower women and girls were recognized today at the 2017 EQUALS in Tech Awards. This annual event is designed to showcase how ICTs can be used to dramatically improve social, political and economic outcomes for women and girls – and the value that women and girls bring to the technology sectors. The awards are part of the EQUALS Global Partnership, a netwo

This article originally appeared in ITUNews. Kanyashree Prakalpa has been named as a finalist for the Equals in Tech Awards, which take place in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday, 19 December, 2017. ITU News recently caught up with Kanyashree Prakalpa to learn more about what the government-backed digital cash transfer programme is all about. Read the Q&A below: Can you tell us why your Department has been nominated for the EQUALS in Tech Awards? “Kanyashree Prakalpa” is a uniqu

This article originally appeared in ITUNews. Unistream’s Fast forward to ICT in partnership with J.P. Morgan, a programme that gives women from disadvantaged areas in Israel the guidance, skills, and opportunities to enter into ICT careers and industry leadership roles, has been named as a finalist for the Equals in Tech Awards, which take place in Geneva, Switzerland next week. ITU News recently caught up with Bat Sheva Moshe, the CEO of Unistream. She explains what Fast For

This article originally appeared in ITUNews. Miss.Africa Digital, a Pan-African programme to promote digital skills for women across the continent, has been named as a finalist for the Equals in Tech Awards, which take place in Geneva, Switzerland next week. Sophia Bekele is the Founder and CEO of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Group, a Kenya based organization that runs the Miss.Africa program and administers the Seed Fund grants and awards. She explains what Miss.Digital Africa is

The programme for the 2017 EQUALS in Tech Awards Ceremony has been announced! Join us on December 19th at the Palais de Nations in Geneva (Switzerland) to celebrate the unique achievements of organizations working around the world to bridge the gender digital divide. The event will include distinguished speakers and personalities such as the inspirational Dr. Sue Black, CEO of Techmums, Houlin Zhao, the Secretary General of ITU, and Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of

This blog post originally appeared on ITU News Technology has long benefited from the ingenuity of women, and we must remain committed to continuing to equal the Internet and communications playing field to accomplish the most far-reaching advances. To limit expertise in the field to mostly men is to put our global society at a huge disadvantage and loss — and yet for the first year in recent history, the gender gap is increasing. The world is moving toward competitiveness on

It was an exciting day on Saturday, 18 November 2017, for nearly 450 girls who came together in Geneva to explore science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) through 30 workshops. Hosted at the University of Geneva by "Expanding your Horizons - Geneva" (EYH), this was the fifth such event, which is held every two year, and is designed to encourage girls to study STEM subjects. The free event targets girls from the ages of 11 to 14 years living in Geneva and the su