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National Assessments in Gender and STI Joins GenderinSITE

February 27, 2014 shuyer_working National Assessments

GenderInSITE is an international initiative to make policy makers aware of the gender dimensions of science, technology and innovation. WISAT was represented by Sophia Huyer, WISAT Executive Director, at the inaugural meeting of ithe GenderInSITE Coordinating Group in Trieste, Italy on February 3 and 4.

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Stocktaking and Assessment on Measuring ICT and Gender

February 21, 2014 shuyer_working Uncategorized

A report by the Task Group on Gender (TGG) of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development addresses the availability of sex‐disaggregated data, especially in developing countries.

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Gender and science, technology and innovation (STI)

November 6, 2013 shuyer_working Uncategorized

In most countries of the world, women and girls have lower levels of access and ownership of information and communications technologies (ICTs) than men, the effects

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Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) Launched in Abuja

October 21, 2013 shuyer_working Uncategorized

October 7, 2013 – WISAT participated in the launch of The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), a coalition of public, private and civil society organizations

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WISAT at the Launch of Brazil’s ICT 2012 Surveys

October 1, 2013 shuyer_working Uncategorized

Nancy Hafkin WISAT Senior Associate, participated as a guest speaker at the launch of Brazil’s ICT Surveys: ICT Households 2012, ICT Enterprises 2012 and ICT in

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WISAT Senior Associate Named a Heroine of Computing

September 12, 2013 shuyer_working Uncategorized

Nancy Hafkin, WISAT Senior Associate, is featured in the Heroines of Computing exhibit of the Women in Computing Gallery at The National Museum of Computing

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About WISAT

Women in Global Science and Technology is an international non-profit promoting women’s development of science, technology and innovation. Women should have equal access to technologies and be equal contributors to science and innovation.

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The number of women in science, technology and innovation is alarmingly low in the world’s leading economies, and actually on the decline in several, including the United States. Women remain severely under-represented in degree programs for these fields. Even in countries where the numbers of women studying science and technology have increased, more women are not finding their way into the workplace.

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Header photo credits: fifth from left by S. Kilungu (CCAFS); all others by S. Huyer, WISAT