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

[AIZU]

Great news!

Congratulations for APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP),
Karen and all others who deserve to share this award together.

izumi


At 17:04 04/10/07 +0700, Robert Guerra wrote:
>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 $B…
(B"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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