[Ict4women] New Chair of the International Taskforce on Women and ICTs

[Sophia Huyer]

The International Taskforce on Women and ICTs (ITF) announces new  
leadership

The ITF is pleased to announce that  Gloria Bonder, UNESCO  Regional  
Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America (based in  
FLACSO Argentina) and Member of the Steering Committee of UN GAID, has  
agreed to become the new Chair of the International Taskforce for  
Women and Information and Communication Technologies.

Founder and past Chair of the ITF, Claudia Morrell, CEO of  
Multinational Development of Women in Technology (USA), will remain an  
active member of the Taskforce.

To support the new Chair and the rapidly growing ICT network, the ITF  
leadership has adopted a new distributed leadership model, with  
activities lead from regions throughout the world. The ITF will  
continue to play a leadership role as a Community of Expertise  
recognized by the UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID).

Eva Fabry, Director of the European Centre for Women and Technology  
will be the first leader of the Global Women & Technology (GWT)  
network, an initiative to form 10 globally connected Centres for Women  
and Technology. In support of both ITF and GWT, a new web portal www.ITFwomenICT.org 
  has been set up as a virtual space for coordinating activities.

The ITF is made up of organizations, institutions and individuals  
working to increase economic, social, and educational opportunities  
for girls and women in the knowledge society.
For more information contact Gloria Bonder catunesco at flacso.org.ar or  
visit www.ITFwomenICT.org


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