Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC

W.TEC Gets Nominated for the World Summit on the Information Society Prizes – 2020 (WSIS Prizes.)

Yay! We are excited to announce the nomination of  W.TEC for the World Summit on the Information Society  Prizes 2020 also known as the WSIS Prizes.

W.TEC is nominated in the 3rd category of the awards (C3: Access to information and knowledge) alongside 19 other amazing initiatives from around the globe.  For W.TEC to win the award, she will need your votes to help her secure the top spot for the award.

Please use the link to vote for W.TEC: Vote Here!

W.TEC was nominated for her contribution towards the realization of the Sustainable development goals SDGs 1, 5 & 16: No poverty, Gender equality, Peace, justice and strong institutions respectively.

The WSIS Prizes 2020 is an exceptional international recognition of  WSIS Stakeholders as Winners and Champions for their excellence in supporting the implementation of WSIS outcomes, in particular WSIS Action Lines supporting achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The WSIS Prizes contest was developed in response to requests from the WSIS stakeholders to create an effective mechanism to evaluate projects and activities that leverage the power of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to advance sustainable development. Since inception, the contest of WSIS Prizes has attracted hundreds of thousands of stakeholders.

The WSIS Prizes is co-ordinated by the ITU ( International Telecommunication Union) a sub- body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

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