WSIS Report – Session 281: The Need for An Evidence-Based Approach to Tackle the Gender Digital Divide

WSIS Forum 2018 Session 281 The session, moderated by Ms Alison Gillwald, executive director, Research ICT Africa, presented an update of the Action Map that aims to record initiatives which work in closing the global gender digital divide. The session also featured discussion on the need for an evidence-based approach to tackle the gender digital… Continue reading WSIS Report – Session 281: The Need for An Evidence-Based Approach to Tackle the Gender Digital Divide

WSIS Report – Session 147: Global and Local Women Technopreneurs Journey to Success

WSIS Forum 2018 Session 147 The session, moderated by Dr Salma Abbasi, FRGS, chairperson and CEO of eWorldwide Group, highlighted the journeys taken by women technopreneurs who have broken the stereotype and perception that science and technology are dominated, controlled, and belong only to men, stereotypes and perceptions which prevent girls from engaging in this… Continue reading WSIS Report – Session 147: Global and Local Women Technopreneurs Journey to Success