ITU names Geena Davis ‘Special Envoy for Women and Girls in ICT’ Academy Award Winning Actor and advocate will highlight the role technology can play in female empowerment
Geneva, 12 June 2012 – Academy Award Winning Actor and advocate Geena Davis is to become ITU’s 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 partnership follows the naming of Ms Davis as a laureate at this year’s World Telecommunication and Information Society Awards, which were held at ITU…