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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

06/13/2012

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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…

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2012

06/05/2012

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Text: ITU Photos: Actionpress/Virot Date: May 14, 2012 The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. 17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union. WTISD –…