Geneva, 12 June 2012 \u2013 Academy Award Winning Actor and advocate Geena Davis is to become ITU\u2019s Special Envoy for Women and Girls in the field of technology, in the first major announcement linked to a new ITU campaign highlighting the empowering role technology can play in the lives of women and girls.
\nThe new partnership follows the naming of Ms Davis as a laureate at this year\u2019s World Telecommunication and Information Society Awards, which were held at ITU headquarters in Geneva on May 16.
\nOne of Ms Davis\u2019s first activities in her new role as special envoy will be to promote ITU\u2019s new \u2018Tech Needs Girls\u2019 campaign throughout the course of 2012, through public appearances at high-profile events held by ITU and others. Ms Davis will speak on the importance of further extending access to technology to women worldwide, will reinforce the importance of positive gender role models, and will highlight the many exciting career opportunities available to young women in the high-tech sector. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled with this new position because ITU is an incredible organization that wields a lot of clout globally,\u201d said Ms Davis. \u201cThis role will enable me to take the work I\u2019m doing to a much bigger scale globally, through developing and consulting on strategies to advance gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women in ICTs. It\u2019s incredibly important to get more women and girls connected to technology, and a big factor in making this happen is going to be ITU\u2019s work.\u201d
\nThe three-year campaign will raise awareness worldwide of the role information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play in empowering women. Via high-profile ambassadors like Ms Davis and an extensive programme of online multimedia content, major advocacy events around the globe and key partnerships with industry, government, civil society and other UN agencies, the campaign highlights the potential of technology to transform women\u2019s lives, whether it be through ICT-based career choices or by improved access to services like e-health, e-education, e-commerce, e-banking and a host of new applications and devices that can help girls and women address their day-to-day challenges.
\n\u201cI am delighted that Ms Davis will be joining us in our campaign to help expand the opportunities open to women and girls, and redress the current gender imbalance in the ICT industry,\u201d said Dr Hamadoun I. Tour\u00e9, ITU Secretary-General. \u201cThe support of committed, high-profile ambassadors like Ms Davis will greatly increase the impact and reach of our message about ICTs and gender empowerment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Geneva, 12 June 2012 \u2013 Academy Award Winning Actor and advocate Geena Davis is to become ITU\u2019s Special Envoy for Women and Girls in the field of technology, in the first major announcement linked to a new ITU campaign highlighting the empowering role technology can play in the lives of women and girls. The new
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