ICTs, women entrepreneurs and climate change adaptation: a path to sustainability
WOMENVAI
Session 379
in partnership with Swiss Engineering Geneva and the WFEO
The session will be moderated by Denisse Salas, entrepreneur in ICTs and member of the Swiss Engineering Geneva board. It will discuss solutions to climate change adaptation and sustainable development in two Parts.
Part1: Disruptive Technologies at the service of Climate Change adaptation and mitigation. and
Part 2: Women in STEM at the heart of modernization of our societies. More on www.womenvai.org
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C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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C3. Access to information and knowledge
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C4. Capacity building
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-environment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-agriculture
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-science
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C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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C11. International and regional cooperation
By bringing solutions to climate change adaptation and sustainable development, highlighting disruptive Technologies at the service of Climate Change adaptation and mitigation, and empowering Women in STEM as they are at the heart of modernization of our societies, WOMENVAI and its partners believe we are 100% aligned with the WSIS action lines.
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
WOMENVAI bylaws are the pure expression of SDGs alignment:
✓ Represent the interests of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics globally
✓ Strengthen their role in our society in a sustainable and inclusive way,
✓ Build on diversity and create innovative synergies, particularly in areas with high technological added value, to benefit sustainable development and environmental issues,
✓ Enable international cooperation between national organizations of women engineers and scientists,
✓ Promote a balanced and modern life for all, respectful of professional equality between women and men.
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