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Tag: GEM-TECH

Nancy Hafkin – a GEM-TECH Global Achiever

December 14, 2015 shuyer_working Uncategorized

Senior Associate Nancy Hafkin is one of three ITU – UN Women GEM-TECH Global Achievers recognized and honoured for their exceptional efforts to boost women’s empowerment through ICTs.

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WISAT shortlisted for ITU-UN Women GEM-Tech Award

October 8, 2014 shuyer_working Uncategorized

WISAT is among the five shortlisted nominations for the Gender Equality Mainstreaming – Technology (GEM-TECH) Award in Category 5, Closing the ICT Gender Gap. WISAT was nominated for Dr. Nancy Hafkin’s work on the ITU-UNCTAD report, “Measuring ICT and Gender: An Assessment – Report prepared for the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development.”

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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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