The so-called digital divide is actually several gaps in one. There is a technological divide – great gaps in infrastructure.  There is a content divide. There is a gender divide, with women and girls enjoying less access to information technology than men and boys.  This can be true of rich and poor countries alike.
United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan
Statement to the World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva, 10 December 2003

The International Taskforce for Women and ICTs meeting, held on December 9th and 10th in Kuala Lumpur, will bring together a small number of high level leaders to move forward on the outcomes of the Paris meeting hosted at UNESCO last November. This meeting, organized by the International Taskforce for Women and ICTs and the Center for Women & Information Technology (CWIT), is being co-hosted by the UN Global Alliance for ICT for Development. The meeting will be a two day event under the patronage of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) before the opening of the GK3 conference on December 11th - 13th.

As you may know, GK3 will bring together over 2,000 visionaries, international leaders, practitioners and policy-makers to engage on the theme of Emerging People, Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies. It seemed an appropriate venue for international leaders concerned with women's full participation and leadership in ICTs to meet and discuss these very issues and how we can expand our global strategy to ensure we develop the potential for every individual to participate in and benefit from the knowledge society in which we live and work.

If you plan to attend GK3 and have not already done so, please register at http://www.gkpeventsonthefuture.org/gk3/.


The meeting is by invitation only.