[isoc-ny] GEM-TECH Awards call for nominations

[ISOC-NY announcements]

From Mark Buell, who is the newly appointed ISOC North America Bureau
Manager. As he notes GEM-TECH are a prestigious award for women in ICT, and
the winners get to go to Bangkok, I'm sure we all know some good candidates!

joly


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From: Mark Buell <buell at isoc.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:46 AM


The ITU has launched the call for nominations for the GEM-TECH Awards.
Details are below.



These awards “celebrate outstanding personal or organizational achievements
and innovative strategies that harness information and communication
technologies (ICTs) for women's empowerment, promote women's meaningful
engagement with ICTs, including as producers and decision-makers in the
technology sector, and that create policies and investments that advance
women's digital equality.”



Please share through your networks as appropriate, and if you know an
organization or person that should be recognized, nominate them!



Mark Buell

Regional Bureau Director, North America

Internet Society

Skype: mark_at_isoc

Twitter: @mebuell

www.isoc.org



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GEM-TECH Awards call for nominations



Sir / Madam,

Greetings from ITU. We are contacting you today to announce that
nominations are now open for the 2016 GEM-TECH Awards.

The annual GEM-TECH Awards, jointly organized by ITU and UN Women,
celebrate personal or organizational achievements and innovative strategies
to advance Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in the area of ICTs.

The only international prizes of their kind, the GEM-TECH Awards provide a
platform for advancing women’s meaningful engagement with ICTs and their
role as decision-makers and producers in the technology sector.

This year’s GEM-TECH Awards will be held at the Forum of Telecom World 2016
<http://telecomworld.itu.int/> in Bangkok, Thailand, from 14-17 November.

You can nominate a deserving organization, individual or policy maker in
any of the following categories:

*1.*      *Apply Technology for Women's Empowerment and Digital Inclusion*

*2.*      *Promote Women in the Technology Sector*

*3.*      *Develop Gender Responsive ICT Governance, Policy and Access*

The online nomination form can be found here.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1H_D9Qr9kr3Sj3QmQPsxO2P4sLCYbarwI49aE6FrGW9o/viewform?c=0&w=1>


More information on the GEM-TECH Awards can be found here.
<http://www.itu.int/en/action/women/gem/Pages/default.aspx>

Please share this email within your networks and please note that
self-nominations are accepted.

Thank you,

The GEM-TECH Awards Team

gem-tech-awards at itu.int

Share this on Twitter <https://twitter.com/ITU/status/740178220922875904>

Watch a video of GEM-TECH Awards 2015 winners
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neqNdu76b7k>






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