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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UN Women are partnering to launch a new global technology award that recognizes outstanding contributions from women and men in leveraging the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote gender equality.

The annual GEM-TECH Awards will be conferred on seven winners from government, the private sector, academia and civil society at ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference, which will be held in Busan, Korea, from 20 October – 7 November. Winners will travel to Busan to accept their award and join a global celebration on 21 October promoting the power of ICTs to transform lives.

Seven (7) Award Categories  

1. ICT Applications, Content, Production Capacities and Skills for Women’s Social, Political Empowerment and Women’s Empowerment Linkages with Sustainable Development.

2. ICT Applications, Content, Production Capacities and Skills for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Poverty Reduction.

3. Promoting Women in ICT Sector – initiatives aimed at attracting, retaining and promoting women within the ICT sector and into decision-making positions (private and public sector).

4. Enabling Girls to Become ICT Creators – initiatives aimed towards providing girls with an opportunity to become not just active users but also creators of ICTs and content.

5. Closing the ICT Gender Gap – Ensuring ICT accessibility for women, such as digital literacy training and ensuring affordable and meaningful access to ICTs by women. Initiatives aimed at measuring the ICT gender gap including research and data on women’s engagement with ICTs and their impact.

6. Efforts to Reduce Threats Online and Building Women’s Confidence and Security in the Use of ICTs.

7. ICT and Broadband strategies policies, framework that promote women’s digital empowerment.

DEADLINE: September 5, 2014

Apply here: GEM-TECH