[WSIS CS-Plenary] Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact

[Renata Bloem]

What a good piece of news! Karen, my warmest congratulations, 
Renata

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Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social
Impact

Congratulations Karen!

regards

Robert

>To: xxxx
>Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:28:44 +0200
>From: Karen Higgs <khiggs at apc.org>
>Subject: Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact
>
>Karen should really be telling you herself, but as she is on her way to
>Chicago to collect the award on behalf of the WNSP, here's the great
>news!!
>
>[If you would like to help us by circulating the press release, please
>contact myself or Erika at apcwomen.org. Thanks!]
>
>
>APC WNSP's Karen Banks Wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact
>
>MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay ó "Our strategy is to get women central, active and
>visible in all walks of technology. We don't want it to be a surprise
to
>see a woman running a wireless shop, fixing a pc, or leading a campaign
to
>break with the telecom monopoly in her country." -- For nearly 15 years
>Karen Banks and the APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP)
>have worked to bring technology to underserved women and communities.
>Their work will be recognised at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women
in
>Computing conference on October 7 in Chicago, USA. - APCNews
>http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=26581
>

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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>
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