New EQUALS Research Group report unveils persistent digital gaps and the complexity of gender equali
New York Women and girls are still lagging far behind their male peers in the digital realm, according to a new report launched today...
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EQUALS Steering Committee
- Mar 8, 2019
- 3 min
EQUALS celebrates International Women's Day 2019
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2019, the EQUALS Global Partnership celebrates the successes of those working toward...
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EQUALS
- Feb 13, 2019
- 1 min
#WinnersWednesdays: Khabrona.info
Second in our ongoing series showcasing past winners of the EQUALS in Tech Award is Khabrona.info, a Mercy Corps initiative that provides...
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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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Melina Gaglia
- Jan 16, 2019
- 1 min
Wednesdays are for Winners: Celebrating five years of the EQUALS in Tech Awards
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...
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IEEE Internet Initiative Gender Digital Divide
- Jan 8, 2019
- 11 min
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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Mariana Lopez
- Nov 21, 2018
- 4 min
Online safety: a driver of gender inequality in internet access
“The gender digital divide is both a consequence and cause of violations of women’s human rights.” - The United Nations High Commissioner...
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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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Kecia Bertermann
- Nov 9, 2018
- 3 min
Girls and mobile: access is just a piece of the puzzle
In many countries around the world, boys are 1.5 times more likely to own a mobile phone than a girl. Even when girls have access to a...
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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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Melina Gaglia
- Oct 31, 2018
- 3 min
Can investing help close the gender digital divide? A report from WIF18
Last week in Geneva, UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum (WIF18) brought together a group of passionate, global pioneers all working towards...
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Don Rodney Junio
- Oct 17, 2018
- 3 min
Beyond increasing and deepening basic access to ICT for women
In the recent address of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, he highlighted two...
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Malcolm Johnson
- Oct 11, 2018
- 5 min
Let’s give girls everywhere the digital skills to achieve big dreams
On International Day of the Girl, and every day of the year, EQUALS founding partner ITU supports gender equality in all areas of digital...
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EQUALS
- Sep 22, 2018
- 4 min
2018 EQUALS in Tech Award winners reimagine the digital future
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....
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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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EQUALS
- Sep 10, 2018
- 3 min
Is AI immune to bias? Anastassia Lauterbach answers our questions
As a highly sought-after board member for internet and financial companies, founder and CEO of 1AU-Ventures, and Senior Advisor,...
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EQUALS
- Aug 27, 2018
- 3 min
EQUALS recognized in G20 Ministerial Declaration
The EQUALS Global Partnership has been recognized in a new G20 Ministerial Declaration focused on the global digital economy. The...
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EQUALS
- Aug 23, 2018
- 2 min
Announcing the 2018 EQUALS in Tech Awards finalists
EQUALS is pleased to announce the 22 finalists for the 2018 EQUALS in Tech Awards, the annual flagship event of the EQUALS global...
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Federica Migliardo
- Aug 14, 2018
- 2 min
Women in science: still a human rights issue
It’s 2018, and still some people are surprised that not only do women scientists "exist," but also that they are good at what they do! We...
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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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