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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Lucas Alves
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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EQUALS
- Jan 23, 2019
- 2 min
#WinnersWednesdays: Laboratoria
The annual EQUALS in Tech Awards recognize initiatives from around the world that help imagine a better digital future for women and...
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EQUALS
- Nov 19, 2018
- 3 min
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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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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EQUALS
- Sep 22, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Shinjini Kundu, MD, PhD
- Aug 6, 2018
- 3 min
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++....
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Kirsten Salyer
- Jul 19, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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EQUALS
- Jul 18, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Shoshannah Richards
- Jul 17, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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EQUALS
- Jul 6, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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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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ITU News
- May 17, 2018
- 3 min
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,...
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Digital Opportunity Trust
- May 11, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Digital Opportunity Trust
- May 11, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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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...
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ITU News
- Dec 13, 2017
- 4 min
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...
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Ursula Wynhoven - ITU | EQUALS Leadership
- Dec 1, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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EQUALS
- Dec 1, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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ITU News
- Nov 30, 2017
- 3 min
‘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...
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