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Susan Schorr, Head a.i., Special Initiatives Division BDT, International Telecommunication Union

The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU or its Membership. Overview of Special Initiatives Activities on Gender Issues. BDT Information Session on Gender Issues 1 September 2009 Geneva, Switzerland.

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Susan Schorr, Head a.i., Special Initiatives Division BDT, International Telecommunication Union

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  1. The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU or its Membership. Overview of Special Initiatives Activities on Gender Issues BDT Information Session on Gender Issues 1 September 2009 Geneva, Switzerland Susan Schorr, Head a.i., Special Initiatives Division BDT, International Telecommunication Union

  2. Agenda • Overview of History of Gender Activities at ITU • Current Activities • Information Session • Collection of sex-disaggregated data • Multi-purpose community telecentres benefitting women • Connect a School, Connect a Community • Development of ICT-enabled career training • Where do we go from here?

  3. Current ITU Resolutions on Gender • Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union, Resolution 70 (Rev. Antalya 2006) • Gender mainstreaming in ITU and promotion of gender equality towards all inclusive Information Societies • World Telecommunication Development Conference Resolution 55 (Doha, 2006) • Promoting gender equality towards all-inclusive information societies

  4. Working Group on Gender Issues, Gender Unit and Special Initiatives Division • Task Force on Gender Issues became Working Group on Gender Issues • PP Res 70 (rev Antalya 2006) cites WTDC Resolution 44 (Istanbul, 2002) which converted the task force on gender issues into the Working Group on Gender Issues • PP Res 70 (rev Antalya 2006) called for a full time gender staff member to deal with ITU gender human resource issues • Gender Unit became Special Initiatives Division with five special initiatives • Resolution 55 (Doha, 2006) refers to WGGI and Gender Unit • Resolution language and current organization don’t match

  5. Current BDT Gender Activities • National projects, funded by the ITU Development Fund, to create multipurpose community telecentres benefitting women in Africa • Collection of sex-disaggregated data • Involvement of women rapporteurs in ITU-D Study Groups • ICT-enabled career training. E.g. APEC Women’s Ebiz Training with the Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Center (APWINC) • National projects to provide basic ICT literacy training for women and girls (Tanzania and Zambia) funded by the Netherlands and Czech Republic

  6. Planned Activities • Build Synergies between different special Initiatives through Connect a School, Connect a Community • Develop ICT-enabled career and literacy training for women, in partnership with other organizations • Language literacy • Numeracy and • Basic ICT literacy training • Disseminate this vocational and literacy training material through Connect a School, Connect a Community toolkit platform for use in schools, telecentres, etc., as well as ITU Academy by ITU members and NGOs

  7. Issues to Consider • Use of mobile phones as platform for access • Need for best practices on creating women’s ICT centres • Need for new working methods and synergies

  8. International Telecommunication Union Susan Schorr Head, a.i., Special Initiatives Division susan.schorr@itu.int Committed to connecting the world susan.schorr@itu.int

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