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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...
accelerateHER
Aug 3, 20192 min read
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The ICT-Gender Equality Paradox
The first think piece in I'd blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education from the EQUALS Skills...
Lucas Alves
Jun 4, 20192 min read
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#WinnersWednesdays: Laboratoria
The annual EQUALS in Tech Awards recognize initiatives from around the world that help imagine a better digital future for women and...
EQUALS
Jan 23, 20192 min read
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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...

EQUALS
Nov 19, 20183 min read
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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...
Ized Uanikhehi
Nov 6, 20183 min read
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EQUALS partners reaffirm commitment to digital inclusion for women and girls around the globe
Growing partnership agrees to bold goals to close the gender gap in tech New York, 22 September 2018 — The EQUALS Global Partnership...
EQUALS
Sep 22, 20184 min read
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The gender gap in tech: a case for raising expectations
I grew up taking apart computers with my father. I’d muse about books on my father’s bookshelves with strange titles: PERL, Java, C++....
Shinjini Kundu, MD, PhD
Aug 6, 20183 min read
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How one woman went from selling tortillas to front-end engineering
Pilar Figueroa Casas was working at a market in Mexico City when she first heard about Laboratoria, an organization offering digital...
Kirsten Salyer
Jul 19, 20184 min read
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Two new EQUALS partners building a better future
The EQUALS Skills Coalition has two new members. Both Oxford Policy Management and Pro Mujer are organizations devoted to helping bridge...
EQUALS
Jul 18, 20182 min read
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Coding schools write new future for Afghan girls
Youth across the world remain hungry for employment in the digital economy. Enter coding schools. They provide digital skills training...
Shoshannah Richards
Jul 17, 20183 min read
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New York Academy of Sciences and the Global STEM Alliance join EQUALS
As we enter the third quarter of the year, EQUALS is pleased to announce two new partners joining our Skills Coalition. Known as the...
EQUALS
Jul 6, 20181 min read
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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...
EQUALS
Jul 2, 20183 min read
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Female space explorers share their experiences bridging the digital gender divide on World Telecommu
ITU celebrated the annual World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) Thursday at the ITU headquarters in Geneva,...
ITU News
May 17, 20183 min read
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Meet Ariane, A Daring Innovator Bridging the Gender Digital Divide in Rwanda
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is a youth-led movement of daring social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create...
Digital Opportunity Trust
May 11, 20182 min read
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Meet Kijoi, A Young Woman Bridging the Gender Digital Divide in Tanzania
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is a youth-led movement of daring social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create...
Digital Opportunity Trust
May 11, 20182 min read
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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...
Carole Cholai
Apr 25, 20182 min read
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Meet the EQUALS in Tech Award finalists: the Miss.Africa Digital programme
This article originally appeared in ITUNews. Miss.Africa Digital, a Pan-African programme to promote digital skills for women across the...
ITU News
Dec 13, 20174 min read
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Blog: Gender equality in aviation profession – where "dreams soar"
As an EQUALS founding partner and the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technology, the International...
Ursula Wynhoven - ITU | EQUALS Leadership
Dec 1, 20172 min read
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Bytedance joins EQUALS Global Partnership to bridge digital gender divide and empower more women thr
Bytedance, an artificial intelligence leader in China with over 200 million active daily users on its Internet platforms, has become the...
EQUALS
Dec 1, 20172 min read
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‘Gender Equality Hackathon’ in Geneva pools fresh ideas to bridge digital gender divide
This article originally appeared in the weekly e-newsletter ITUNews. A “Gender Equality Hackathon” organized by Foraus and the Impact Hub...
ITU News
Nov 30, 20173 min read
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