{"id":19217,"date":"2014-11-30T23:02:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T23:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=19217"},"modified":"2014-12-01T00:04:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T00:04:24","slug":"%d5%ba%d5%a1%d5%bf%d5%af%d5%a5%d6%80%d5%a1%d6%81%d6%80%d5%a5%d6%84-%d5%a1%d5%ba%d5%a1%d5%a3%d5%a1%d5%b6-ignite-%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%ad%d5%a1%d5%b1%d5%a5%d5%bc%d5%b6%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%a1%d5%b6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/%d5%ba%d5%a1%d5%bf%d5%af%d5%a5%d6%80%d5%a1%d6%81%d6%80%d5%a5%d6%84-%d5%a1%d5%ba%d5%a1%d5%a3%d5%a1%d5%b6-ignite-%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%ad%d5%a1%d5%b1%d5%a5%d5%bc%d5%b6%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%a1%d5%b6\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagine a Future with IGNITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.womennet.amwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/icnite-Global.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.womennet.amwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/email-masthead-2_600x100.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>To kick off its new Technology Initiative, Global Fund for Women today launched\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">IGNITE: Women Fueling Science and Technology<\/a>, an online campaign and multimedia project which explores the roles of science and technology in advancing women\u2019s human rights. IGNITE features leading technologists, thought leaders, innovators, human rights activists and creators around the world, engaging partners in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The IGNITE project is one part of a Technology Initiative that will call on Governments, funders and corporations to invest in addressing the global gap between men and women in accessing, shaping, and leading science and technology, in order to exponentially increase progress on equality and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IGNITE will engage high-profile \u201cChampions,\u201d including Facebook COO and\u00a0Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead\u00a0author Sheryl Sandberg; Reshma Saujani, Executive Director of Girls Who Code; singer\/songwriter Carolyn Malachi; and Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. The project includes:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/be-the-spark\" target=\"_blank\">online petition<\/a>, 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\u2019s rights.<\/li>\n<li>First-person videos of high-profile women and men describing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/be-the-spark\" target=\"_blank\">their \u201cSpark Stories\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 moments that sparked their interest in science and technology \u2013 including KIVA co-founder\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/be-the-spark\/jessica-jackley\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Jackley<\/a>\u00a0and Craigslist founder\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/be-the-spark\/craig-newmark\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Newmark<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Inspiring stories of women working at the grassroots to propel women\u2019s rights through technology \u2013 for example Inwelle Study and Resource Center in Nigeria\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/gallery\/broader-horizon\" target=\"_blank\">enables girls to learn and hone their computer and ICT skills to empower them<\/a>\u00a0with income opportunities that can help them challenge harmful practices like child marriage.<\/li>\n<li>Historical accounts of pioneering women, such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/be-the-spark\/wangari-maathai\" target=\"_blank\">Wangari Maathai<\/a>, who left Kenya to study biology in the U.S., became the first Eastern African woman to earn a PhD, founded the Greenbelt Movement, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.<\/li>\n<li>Documentary films and interviews\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/gallery\/future-begins-now\" target=\"_blank\">with women leaders using technology to advance human rights<\/a>, such as Juliana Rotich, the founder of Ushahidi, whose open-source Crowdmap software is used to report rights abuses.<\/li>\n<li>Descriptions of groundbreaking women-designed innovations addressing human rights issues, like the work of Acciones Coordinadas Contra La Trata\/Coordinated Actions Against Human Trafficking (ACCT) to develop Argentina\u2019s first \u201cnational crime map\u201d and apply forensic science tools and DNA analysis to identify women and girls disappeared through trafficking.<\/li>\n<li>A global girls \u201cHackathon\u201d in January, co-presented with UN Women, which will see girls around the world compete to design a solution for a pressing issue of girls\u2019 human rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t divorce the global technology gap and the future of women\u2019s rights,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1911:musimbi-kanyoro&amp;catid=20:executive-management&amp;Itemid=641\" target=\"_blank\">Musimbi Kanyoro<\/a>, CEO and President of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Fund for Women<\/a>. \u201cWe work with women\u2019s organizations all over the world\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/gallery\/technology-womens-human-rights-issue\" target=\"_blank\">who tell us that the gap is deep<\/a>\u00a0and it needs addressing now. We are in the midst of a global technology revolution and if women are left behind the consequences will be bleak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Global Fund for Women is partnering with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\">UN Women<\/a>, the United Nations entity responsible for promoting gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment, on the IGNITE petition and global girls \u201cHackathon.\u201d UN Women is actively promoting women\u2019s participation and leadership in information and communications technology (ICT) and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience, technology, and innovation underpin every aspect of the global development agenda and many facets of the everyday lives of girls and women,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/about-us\/directorate\/executive-director\/ed-bio\" target=\"_blank\">Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka<\/a>, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. \u201cThe transformative power and potential of science, technology, and innovation are undeniable but must be actively harnessed for good, and deliberately made inclusive. Girls\u2019 and women\u2019s full engagement in these sectors and the sharing with them of the benefits of science, technology, and innovation are imperatives of our age. Gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment will not be achieved without science, technology, and innovation and conversely these fields will suffer without the benefit of women\u2019s talents, perspectives, and knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Technology Initiative, Global Fund for Women has also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/technologyfund\" target=\"_blank\">established a new Technology Fund<\/a>, which aims to attract and invest more than USD 2 million over three years to empower women and girls with access to technology and propel the organizing capabilities of grassroots women\u2019s groups. The Fund will complement the IGNITE advocacy and awareness raising campaign and offer a way for donors to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/donate-to-tech-fund\" target=\"_blank\">show their commitment to the issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IGNITE will also include a crowd-sourced component, through which people everywhere are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/yoursparkstory\" target=\"_blank\">invited to describe what sparked their interest in science or technology<\/a>\u00a0with #MySparkStory. These stories will be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\">curated by 10 international employees of Symantec<\/a>, a lead sponsor of IGNITE.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to participate in IGNITE and to help shine a light on amazing women and girls who bring their talents to the fields of technology and science,\u201d says Cecily Joseph, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Symantec. \u201cHaving a diversity of perspectives in schools, in the lab, and in the workplace, ensures that the products Symantec builds and the decisions we make meet the needs of the broad spectrum of people we serve worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Global Fund for Women:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Global Fund for Women<\/a>\u00a0is a grantmaker and global advocate for women\u2019s human rights. We advance the movement for women\u2019s human rights by directing resources to and raising the voices of women worldwide. We invest in courageous women and local women-led organizations, and create digital advocacy campaigns on critical global issues for women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About IGNITE:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ignite.globalfundforwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">IGNITE: Women Fueling Science and Technology<\/a>\u00a0is made possible by generous support from Symantec, National Endowment for the Arts, and Wells Fargo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0_ONj4cHK5c\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"newstxt\">To kick off its new Technology Initiative, Global Fund for Women today launched\u00a0IGNITE: Women Fueling Science and Technology, an online campaign and multimedia project which explores the roles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-177","category-120"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}