[governance] U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne S. Verveer To Co-Host Inaugural International Forum on Women, Information and Communication Technologies, and Development

Tue Jan 8 19:26:06 EST 2013

Dear All,

I had the privilege of being invited by Melanne S Verveer to a lunch that
she hosted at the State Department in Washington DC last year. There is an
interesting 2 day Forum which some of you may be interested in as they are
hosting the Inaugural International Forum on Women, ICT and Development.

You can also pre-register for the event, see below for details:

 U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne S. Verveer To
Co-Host Inaugural International Forum on Women, Information and
Communication Technologies, and Development

Notice to the Press
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
January 8, 2013

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 On January 10, at 9:00 a.m. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
Melanne Verveer will convene and deliver remarks at the first international
Working Forum on Women, Information and Communication Technologies and
Development (WICTAD) at the Institute for International Education (IIE) in
Washington, DC. Co-hosted by the Department of State’s Office of Global
Women’s Issues and UN Women, WICTAD will bring together representatives
from civil society, academia, government, the private sector, and the UN to
assess the social, economic, and political implications of the gender gap
in Internet access. Participants in the two-day forum will explore
opportunities for increased collaboration as well as identify quantifiable
goals and strategies for expanding women’s and girls’ access to information
and communication technologies (ICTs), related services, and opportunities
in the ICT field.

Following the WICTAD opening plenary from 9:15 to 10:00 a.m., Intel
Corporation will unveil its “Women and the Web” report, a groundbreaking
study providing concrete data on the Internet gender gap in the developing
world. Following the report launch, Ambassador Verveer will speak on a
discussion panel on “The Internet Gender Gap,” beginning at 10:20 a.m.

Other WICTAD speakers and panelists include UN Women representative Gulden
Turkoz-Cosslet; Shelley Esque, President of Intel Foundation; Lawrence
Yanovitch, CEO of GSMA; Gary Fowlie, Head of the International
Telecommunications (IT) Liaison Office to the UN; and Minerva Novero-Belec,
Policy Specialist with the UN Development Programme; Maura O’Neill, U.S.
Agency for International Development Senior Counselor and Chief Innovation
Officer, and representatives from the UN Foundation, World Bank, and
Grameen Foundation.

The remarks, open plenary, report release, and discussion panel will be
open to the press.

Final access time for press: 8:45 a.m. at IIE offices at 1400 K Street NW,
Suite 700.

Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the
following: (1) A U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of
State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press
Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from
their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist,
accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license,
passport).

For further information or to pre-register, please contact SGWI_PA at state.gov
.

Follow the Forum discussion on Twitter @S_GWI or at #WICTAD and #WomenWeb.

PRN: 2013/0011

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P.O. Box 17862
Suva
Fiji

Twitter: @SalanietaT
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