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This session will be held during ITU TELECOM World 2011 to raise visibility for Girls in ICT activities among TELECOM participants in an effort to encourage the public and private ICT sector to train, support and hire more women.
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Introduction
The Inter-Agency Network on Women
and Gender Equality (IANWGE) is a network of Gender Focal
Points in 91茄子 offices, specialized agencies,
funds and programmes and is chaired by . UN Women also serves as the Secretariat for the Network.
The Network has played a central role in promoting gender equality throughout
the 91茄子 system and in follow-up to the Fourth World
Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 and the twenty-third
special session of the General Assembly (Beijing +5) in 2000.
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Membership
The IANWGE consists of approximately 60 members representing
25 entities of the 91茄子 system, i.e. offices
and departments of the 91茄子 Secretariat, regional
commissions, funds and programmes, specialized agencies,
and the Bretton Woods institutions.
Currently, all member entities and Departments within
the UN Secretariat receive invitations to the annual meeting
of the IANWGE which usually takes place in the first quarter
of each year.
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Policy documents and Action Plans on Gender Mainstreaming in the UN System