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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><a href="https://isoc.live/15602" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/hlpf2022-openinternet-300x169.png" alt="ISOC.live" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 24px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Friday 15 July 2022</strong> at <strong>1pm-2:30pm EDT</strong> (17:00-18:30 UTC) the <strong><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">Access Now</a></strong> will host a <strong><a href="https://hlpf.un.org/2022/" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2022</a></strong> virtual side event '<strong><a href="https://hlpf.un.org/2022/programme/preserving-an-open-internet-to-achieve-the-sdgs-the-internet-as-an-enabler-for" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">Preserving an open Internet to achieve the SDGs: The Internet as an enabler for achieving SDGs 4 and 5</a></strong>'.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">The Internet has proven resilient though gaps remain in bringing students and women online, among other impacted communities. According to the <strong><a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379875" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">2021 State of Global Education report</a></strong> by UNESCO, UNICEF, and the World Bank, the pandemic impacted traditional education models, affecting 1.6 billion children. Children especially in rural and remote areas were unable to learn remotely due to a lack of Internet access and digital technologies at home.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">Unfortunately, governments often see the Internet as a threat to be contained and splintered rather than a resource to expand universally. Access Now's <strong><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2021/02/Read-Me_-How-to-view-the-Access-Now-Internet-Shutdown-Tracker-Updated-Mar-2021.pdf" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project</a></strong> (STOP) in collaboration with the <strong><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton/" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">#KeepItOn Coalition</a></strong> reported 182 Internet shutdowns in 34 countries in 2021, including the longest Internet shutdowns on record. Internet shutdowns limit women's possibilities and aggravate inequality and injustice. For students, particularly girls, Internet shutdowns during school examinations remain a common practice hindering quality education worldwide.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">While the Internet is incredibly resilient, it is constantly under attack, which may limit our ability to grow and use it to its full potential, ultimately affecting the attainment of <strong><a href="https://www.globalgoals.org/goals/4-quality-education/" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">SDG4</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.globalgoals.org/goals/5-gender-equality/" style="color:rgb(6,117,196)" target="_blank">SDG5</a></strong>. Governments, businesses, and organizations worldwide are increasingly making decisions that could lead to a splinternet.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">This virtual side event will examine some of the efforts to expand access to the Internet and how they contribute to the achievement of SDGs 4 and 5, as well as challenges the Internet faces that undermine achievement of SDGs 4 and 5. This session will examine what needs to be done to ensure that everyone has unrestricted, inexpensive, and dependable Internet access.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span></strong><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">SPEAKERS</strong></p><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">Peter Micek</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">, General Council, Access Now</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">Natalie Campbell</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">, Director, Community Organizing and Public Advocacy, Internet Society</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">Marielza Oliveria</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">, Director for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring, UNESCO</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">Marie-Hélène Rivard</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Canada, United Nations</span><br style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)"><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">Juwang Zhu</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(228,242,253)">, Director of the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, UN DESA</span>
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