Join us and add your voice to Global Fund for Women’s online petition, co-presented with UN Women, calling for governments and the United Nations to take action to end the gender gap in technology to advance women’s rights. Sign the petition today to demand women and girls’ equal access to and control of technology.
Our goal is to reach 20,000 signatures by March 5, 2015 in time to deliver the petition to some of the world’s leading decision makers, including several United Nations leaders and governments, for International Women’s Day in March 2015.
IGNITE: Women Fueling Science and Technology is a global campaign and media project from Global Fund for Women that explores the roles of science and technology in advancing gender equality. IGNITE features stories of women and girls who are leading and innovating in science and technology, highlights the gender gap in technology, and advocates for women and girls’ increased access to and control of technologies. Global Fund for Women is a grantmaker and a global advocate for women’s human rights.
Take action: Sign and share the petition
TAKE ACTION: Join us & @GlobalFundWomen in calling for equal access to technology for women & girls globally. http://bit.ly/1ucaRHl #BeTheSpark
Join us and sign Global Fund for Women’s petition to call for equal access to technology for women and girls around the world! #BeTheSpark to unleash women and girls’ innovation and advance human rights http://bit.ly/1ucaRHl
Spread the word about IGNITE
.@GlobalFundWomen is sparking a world of innovation & equality in tech with IGNITE. Just launched! Explore & #BeTheSpark: http://bit.ly/GFWignite
Technology is a women’s human rights issue. Explore @GlobalFundWomen’s new IGNITE project & #BeTheSpark: http://bit.ly/GFWignite
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Join Global Fund for Women in calling on the world to recognize that technology – using it, shaping it, and leading it – is a fundamental issue of women’s human rights. Explore the new IGNITE project and #BeTheSpark to call for an end to the global gender technology gap! http://bit.ly/GFWignite
Share inspiring stories of women & girls, including Global Fund for Women’s grantees’ voices
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Tech skills empower teen girls in #Nigeria & help drive income generation. Learn more w/ @GlobalFundWomen http://bit.ly/1GPvy0V #BeTheSpark
Changing the way people protest: 2 women in Spain created an innovative toolkit to use tech in action http://bit.ly/1ECn7UE #BeTheSpark
Imagine an equal future for women & girls in tech! GlobalFundWomen grantee vow_media’s inspiring video: http://bit.ly/1sEjTZo #BeTheSpark
Visionary women in tech on why we must empower women & girls in tech & science from @GlobalFundWomen http://bit.ly/1Ba3mp2 #BeTheSpark