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Celebrating “International Girls in ICT” Day
From a Girl to a Doctor – a Real Career in ICT On April 27, “Girls in ICT Day,” the United Nations International Telecommunication Union

Women of rural India are left behind
March 8th 2023, International Women’s Day as an Occasion for Reflection on the Digital Female Future in India At a time when the UN has

February 27 – World NGO Day
As we celebrate the World NGO Day, … … I thank those who worked tirelessly to promote women’s human rights, gender equality, and the empowerment
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Tue10Mar20154:30 pmCC UN, New York – Boss Room
Lessons Learnt from Women Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide
Show contentLessons Learnt from Women Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide
Senior Researcher Torild Skard, , IAW, Norway, presents her new book
“Women of power – half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide” (Bristol: Policy Press).
Skard analyses the careers of 73 women in 53 countries to find out how women managed to go to the top, and if their role as top leaders made a difference to women?
Discussion:
The findings of the book and policies to increase the number of women in the top leadership worldwide will be discussed by
Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the UN Development Programme, UNDP, (tbc)
Mona Lena Krook, Associate Professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, US,
Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica (tbc)
Moderator: Joanna Manganara, President, International Alliance of Women (IAW)