Global Women's Technology Collaborative - Addressing issues of access, literacy, employment, entrepreneurship, and leadership to advance economic development.

GWTC News

April 15, 2009
Doha, Qatar - The second “Advancing Arab Women in Technology: Strategy Made Reality” two-day workshop was hosted by the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) in April 2009 in Doha, Qatar. Arab and U.S. organizational leaders and women-in-technology experts gathered at the conference to change the perception of women in technology, connect women to technology, and promote the participation of women in technical fields.
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Extensive research indicates that women are the largest source of untapped potential for economic development around the world. Concurrently, innovation is the place where new economic growth occurs, and technology is the largest enabler of innovation today.

Global Women's Technology Collaborative (GWTC) supports the establishment of collaborative organizations among women- and technology-serving organizations interested in addressing issues of access, literacy, employment, entrepreneurship, and leadership to advance economic development through improving education, increasing employment and entrepreneurship, and expanding innovation while embracing the values of leadership, equity, and integrity.

By connecting the many women engineers, teachers, and entrepreneurs with enormous compassion, energy, and interest in improving the quality of life for others, particularly girls and women, we can begin to address the digital divide, or more specifically the gender digital divide, to ensure the best and brightest minds, including women's, are developed and have the access needed to help solve our shared global challenges. Read More...