https://www.scmp.com/rss/510636/feed Atsuko Okuda joined the International Telecommunications Union as regional director in April 2020. She was previously chief of the ICT and development section of the ICT and disaster risk reduction division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok from 2015 to 2020. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Between March 6 and 17, representatives of UN member states will convene in New York for the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. They will deliberate on innovation, technological change and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. As the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women, the Commission on the Status of Women has been instrumental... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212220/asias-digital-revolution-must-not-leave-its-women-and-girls-behind?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212220/asias-digital-revolution-must-not-leave-its-women-and-girls-behind?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:15:09 +0000 Supakarn Jantawang has a plan. Inspired by design thinking, she wants to work with the student council committee at her school in Chumphon, a province in the south of Thailand, to manage food waste in collaboration with nearby vendors. For her, education about information and communication technology (ICT) is more than facts and figures. Design thinking has given her a critical-thinking approach to solving problems step by step, which she thinks will help in her future career as a doctor. For an... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3146278/time-right-boost-ict-education-girls-and-fix-gender-digital-divide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3146278/time-right-boost-ict-education-girls-and-fix-gender-digital-divide?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:30:19 +0000