On 25 November every year, the international community comes together for a global discussion on one of the most widespread violations of...

Rural people around the world, despite contributing immensely to the global economy, face greater obstacles to sustainable development...

As part of its annual partner meeting on 21 September, EQUALS brought together youth representatives and partners to discuss how youth...

Giulia and her mentor, Sabine After completing my PhD in cryptography last spring, I decided that I was done with academia. Instead, I...

New York 21 September —Worldwide, the digital gender gap is growing wider and urgent action is needed to ensure that girls and women are...

In 2017, Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL) won the Access category of the EQUALS in Tech Awards with its innovative e-platform,...

The 2019 edition of ITU Telecom World is nearly upon us. From 9-12 September, "ICT ministers, regulators, major ICT companies and...

EQUALS’ goal is to achieve gender balance in the technology sector by supporting great projects and partners that work to overcome these...

We caught up with Marisol Alarcón, Chief Partnerships Officer at Laboratoria, a Peru-based NGO that works “for thousands of women in...

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...

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and...

Today is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. According to the UN, “There are an estimated 370 million indigenous...

Starting a business is never easy. From preparing a business plan to starting day-to-day operations, the hurdles are numerous. Things are...

Lulu Bisignani at accelerateHER Around the world, 250 million children lack access to basic education; literacy rates staggeringly low in...

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...

The 2019 Women Deliver Conference took place in Vancouver, Canada from 6-9 June. Representatives from academia, governments, civil...

Today is the International Day of Cooperatives, hosted by the United Nations and the International Cooperatives Alliance (ICA). According...

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...

(l. to r.) Joyce Dogniez, VP, Community Engagement and Development, Internet Society and Chair of the EQUALS Steering Committee; Claire...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are crucial to economic growth and development. They represent almost 70 per cent of jobs...