General Coordinator: Gloria Bonder

Center of training, creation and dissemination of knowledge on participation, contribution and demands of women in Science and Technology. Created in 2001 with the support of UNESCO, it is located in the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO).

Through a network of academic institutions, multilateral organisms and Latin American governmental and civil society organizations, it develops the REGIONAL PROGRAM “GENDER EQUITY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY.”

This Program includes various activities: research, training, incidence on regional and national policies, dissemination and production of training multimedia materials, virtual mentoring and creation and management of virtual communities of practice.

Their main research lines approach, from the gender perspective, the field of learning technologies, access, uses and appropriation of ICT by youth and gender mainstreaming policies and programs related to Information Society.

It develops workshops and virtual courses on gender, science and technology with large participation of educators in Latin America and Spain.

It offers consultancy service in this field for various regional and international organizations.

It carries out an active role in organizations and events devoted to formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies related to the Information Society in Latin America and worldwide.

It represented Latin America in the Gender Caucus of the Information Society World Summit.

It acts as specialized partner in Gender and ICT of the Observatory of the Latin American Information Society ECLAC and of the Science and Technology Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS).

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Outcome of the first World Conference for Digital Solidarity, 24 November 2008, Lyon, France. The event was co-organized by the World Digital Solidarity Agency, the Global Digital Solidarity Fund, the European Union, the Government of France and the City of Lyon, in partnership with UNDESA-GAID.  read more ...

A digital revolution has just started, resulting in a fundamental transformation towards a knowledge-based society. The potential scale of its social, economic and political impact is unprecedented; its effects are likely to be greater than any previous technological changes, leaving almost no-one untouched. The technological enablers driving this revolution are information superhighways: national infrastructures of convergent communication, information and media technologies. These information superhighways constitute an inter-related combination of information, creativity, technology and people in order to electronically access, create, control and communicate information at any time and any place across the world.
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The Middle East Women and Technology Leadership Summit developed strategic plans to establish the first Center for Women and Technology for the Arab Region. The Summit was successful in assembling the support of over fifteen international organizations currently advocating for women's full participation and leadership of women in science and technology.  read more ...

The Global Innovation Forum for Education and Development provided a platform for several hundred young people across the globe to advance their causes toward achieving the MDGs through ICT. The program was set to encourage young people to get engaged in, and develop and propose new ICT initiatives that innovatively advance local communities in various emerging regions.  read more ...