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

[djilali benamrane]

Congratulations Karen,
and good wish for others initiatives
Djilali
--- "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll at optonline.net>
wrote:

> Congratulations Karen.  I was not aware that the APC
> WNSP also focused on
> bringing technology to underserved women and
> communities.  Good to see the
> recognition for your efforts.
> 
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> Focal Point
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
> Chair Media/ICT Working Group,
> NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
> Tel: 1-631-754-2424
> Fax: 1-631-754-5032
> ecarll at optonline.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:05 AM
> To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [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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