Online Visibility of Women in Parliament
Omuka Hub
Session 392
Monday, 13 March 2023
16:45–17:45 (UTC+01:00)
Room F, CICG, 3rd Floor
ICTs and Gender Mainstreaming
Thematic Workshop
The Theme for this year's International Women's Day is "DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality", and to achieve true gender equality we need to have more women in politics online.
Why is this important?
- Women in Parliament do incredible work that is not visible enough
- Aspiring girls and young women need to have role models whom can be easily found and tracked
- To bridge the gender digital gap, there is a need for policy, legislation and regulatory reform which needs the voices of Women in Parliament
- The use of digital tools, innovation and technology can substantially improve upon education, health care, trade and other areas of great interest to Women in Parliament and as such their voice is yet again needed on these agendas
This session therefore aims to discuss reasons why there is a low representation of Women in Parliament online and agree on concrete action points to ensure that this representation is increased.
Topics
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Cybersecurity
Digital Divide
Digital Economy
Digital Inclusion
Digital Transformation
Education
Ethics
Health
Media
WSIS Action Lines
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C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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C2. Information and communication infrastructure
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C3. Access to information and knowledge
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C4. Capacity building
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C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
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C6. Enabling environment
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C9. Media
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C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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C11. International and regional cooperation
The Online Visibility of Women in Politics Session is linked to 9 WSIS Action Lines: C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C9, C10, and C11
Sustainable Development Goals
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
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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 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
The Online Visibility of Women in Parliament Session is linked to SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 16 and SDG 17
Links
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Neema Lugangira
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