IGF 2023 Day 0 Event #189 Women IGF Summit

    Time
    Sunday, 8th October, 2023 (00:00 UTC) - Monday, 9th October, 2023 (01:30 UTC)
    Room
    WS 2 – Room A
    Subtheme

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Emerging Technologies
    Chat GPT, Generative AI, and Machine Learning

    Girlhype Women Who Code
    Baratang Miya - Girlhype Whomen Who Code                   Mactar Seck - UNECA                                                                                                      Anja Gengo - UN IGF Secretariat                                                                                                    Thoko Miya - ISOC South Africa 

     

    Speakers

    Baratang Miya - Girlhype Women Who Code

    Mactar Seck - UNECA

    Margret Nyambura - Global Digital Inclusion Partnership

    Lily Botsyoe - Youth 

    Onsite Moderator

    Baratang Miya

    Online Moderator

    Thoko Miya

    Rapporteur

    Elizabeth Kalitsiro Mwale

    SDGs

    4. Quality Education
    5. Gender Equality
    8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
    17. Partnerships for the Goals

    Targets: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. The SDGs aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. Gender equality is one of the key goals of the SDGs, and it is integrally linked to achieving many of the other goals, such as ending poverty and promoting economic growth.

    Format

    Hybrid

    Language
    English
    Description

    Women IGF Summit

    Hybrid

    Call to Action (* deadline at the end of the session day)

    Women IGF should study what are the cost of women exclusion in the digital leadership and spaces, the cost of women’s lack of internet access

    Women in IGF be recognized as an NRI and inclusive and representative of the global issues.

    Session Report (* deadline 9 January) - click on the ? symbol for instructions

     A call to action is to promote Women IGF globally, to identify and work with ambassadors or champions of internet governance to push for national actions required to empower women and give opportunity to participate as leaders in the Internet Governance and Policy formulation and to be recognized as an NRI at IGF global level. Secondly to support the Feministic Principles inclusion in the Global Digital Compact.