Author: Helene

UN Women

Member States Call To Action to Place Gender at the Heart of the GDC

An essential piece to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals will be our capacity to harness technology and innovation for the political and socio-economic empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity. Presented by the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres in Our Common Agenda, the Global Digital Compact (GDC) is set to outline shared […]
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Action Coalition Newsletter 3

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Launching a year of action to build more equal and inclusive digital societies through multi-stakeholder partnerships

This High-Level Side Event, hosted by the Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality, will be a critical moment to launch a year of ground-breaking action around the theme of gender and technological change. The event will convene high-level leaders from Governments, corporate CEOs and Executive Heads of UN entities and Civil Society organizations to discuss approaches and […]
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Action Coalition Newsletter 2

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Guidelines for feminist innovation and tech challenges

The Action Coalition aspires to mobilize partners around the need to build more gender-transformative technology and to culminate the learning and omissions of innovation challenges pertaining to gender equality.We invite partners to share their insights and expertise to develop and test an actionable guide that will define the key concepts and processes leading to the […]
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Open, Safe and Equal – Shaping a Feminist Digital Future (video)

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) is a “once in a generation” opportunity to build a feminist digital future. This was the urgent message shared by speakers and attendants that participated in the Generation Equality high-level event hosted by UN Women, in collaboration with the United Nations Foundation and the Leaders of the Generation […]
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Launching a year of action to build more equal and inclusive digital societies through multi-stakeholder partnerships (VIDEO)

On 21 September, the Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality marked the 77th United Nations General Assembly with a high-level event to inspire a global multi-sector mobilization to shape a feminist digital future. One of the Six Action Coalitions of the Generation Equality Forum, this innovative, multi-stakeholder partnership is committed to leveraging […]
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UNGA77 – A year of action: Building more equal and inclusive digital societies through multi-stakeholder partnerships

The leaders of the Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality have prepared a joint statement that will be launched next week during the UN General Assembly, to call for gender equality to be placed at the heart of the Global Digital Compact (GDC). The objective is to make this statement an open […]
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International Girls in ICT Day 2022

Join us on April 28 Session Type: VirtualPlatform: ZoomTime: : 14:00 to 15:30 CEST Register here: https://itu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T82-1lkAQQepYoZMh7JCEA 2022 Theme: Access and Safety Access and Safety was selected as the 2022 thematic priority as part of the initial step for girls to be able to access the digital environment in a safe way. According to ITU’s […]
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Koç Group launches catalytic new Generation Equality commitments to advance gender equality in technology and innovation

On 1 March, Koç Holding announced the mobilization of its Group companies in support of Generation Equality, launching far-reaching new commitments to the Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality. The Action Coalition, of which Koç Holding is a Leader, is one of six multi-stakeholder action groups convened by UN Women to accelerate […]
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