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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


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...
Melina Gaglia
Jan 16, 20191 min read


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...
IEEE Internet Initiative Gender Digital Divide
Jan 8, 201911 min read


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...
Mariana Lopez
Nov 21, 20184 min read


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


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...
Kecia Bertermann
Nov 9, 20183 min read


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


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...
Melina Gaglia
Oct 31, 20183 min read


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...
Don Rodney Junio
Oct 17, 20183 min read


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...
Malcolm Johnson
Oct 11, 20185 min read


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....
EQUALS
Sep 23, 20184 min read


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


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,...
EQUALS
Sep 10, 20183 min read


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...
EQUALS
Aug 27, 20183 min read


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...
EQUALS
Aug 23, 20182 min read


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...
Federica Migliardo
Aug 14, 20182 min read


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


How can digital technology speed up gender equality?
Can digital technologies consign gender inequality to history? Consider that 55 percent of new Internet businesses are founded by women...
Anu Madgavkar
Jul 30, 20183 min read


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


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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