<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">joly</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Buell</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:buell@isoc.org">buell@isoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:46 AM<br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The ITU has launched the call for nominations for the GEM-TECH Awards. Details are below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">These awards “</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">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.” <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Please share through your networks as appropriate, and if you know an organization or person that should be recognized, nominate them!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Mark Buell<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Regional Bureau Director, North America<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Internet Society<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Skype: mark_at_isoc<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Twitter: @mebuell<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.isoc.org/" title="http://www.isoc.org Cmd+Click or tap to follow the link" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.isoc.org</span></a><span style="background:white"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GEM-TECH Awards call for nominations<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sir / Madam,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greetings from ITU. We are contacting you today to announce that nominations are now open for the 2016 GEM-TECH Awards.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This year’s GEM-TECH Awards will be held at the <a href="http://telecomworld.itu.int/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000e9">Forum of Telecom World 2016</span></a> in Bangkok, Thailand, from
14-17 November.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You can nominate a deserving organization, individual or policy maker in any of the following categories:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#343434">1.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#343434"> <b>Apply Technology for Women's Empowerment and Digital Inclusion</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#343434">2.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#343434"> <b>Promote Women in the Technology Sector</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#343434">3.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#343434"> <b>Develop Gender Responsive ICT Governance, Policy and Access</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1H_D9Qr9kr3Sj3QmQPsxO2P4sLCYbarwI49aE6FrGW9o/viewform?c=0&w=1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000e9">The online nomination form can be found here.</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">More information on the GEM-TECH Awards can be found
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/action/women/gem/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000e9">here.</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please share this email within your networks and please note that self-nominations are accepted.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GEM-TECH Awards Team<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:gem-tech-awards@itu.int" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">gem-tech-awards@itu.int</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Watch a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neqNdu76b7k" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0000e9">video of GEM-TECH Awards 2015 winners</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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