GOOD WILL Women debates gender equality in access to technology
Friday | March 09, 2018 | 8:51 AM | Last update: March 16, 2018, 2:11 PM (Brasilia time)
Although we live in an era of countless scientific advances, women still do not fully enjoy the technologies that exist today. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates that there are 250 million fewer women online than men, and barriers such as this prevent their participation in the labor market (digital tools are increasingly used in the professions) and their economic empowerment. This situation also delays the material, moral, and spiritual progress of the people.
To change this picture and reaffirm just how important women’s access to technology is, during the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the United Nations (UN) is discussing the following review theme: “Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communications technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women.”
Through the 2018 GOOD WILL Women magazine (available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish), the Legion of Good Will recommends its best practices to the event, which is to be held in New York, March 12-23.
The participants of the CSW receive the GOOD WILL Women magazine
Adriana Parmegiani (M), from the LGW, hands out the GOOD WILL Women magazine to Olga Pasko (L), Head of the Women’s Association of Ukraine, and to Inna Mikhno, Board Member of the Women’s Association of Ukraine. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Members of the Ukrainian delegation at the Conference receive the LGW’s publication. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)From left to right: Colonel Dariusz Kacperczyk, counsellor, senior military adviser, and member of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations; Rear Admiral Peter van den Berg, senior military adviser, from the Kingdom of the Netherlands; and Danilo Parmegiani, LGW’s representative at the UN. (Photo: Eliana Gonçalves)(Foto: Eliana Gonçalves)Birgitte Jallov, Director of Empowerhouse, receives
the GOOD WILL Women magazine from Danilo Parmegiani, LGW’s representative at the event. (Photo: Eliana Gonçalves)(Foto: Eliana Gonçalves)Dr. Monica Osondu (R), from the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), in Nigeria, receives the GOOD WILL Women magazine from Eliana Gonçalves, LGW’s representative at the event. (Photo: Danilo Parmegiani)(Foto: Danilo Parmegiani)Susan O’Malley, speaker at the Conference and Chair of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, receives the GOOD WILL Women magazine (in English) from Adriana Parmegiani, LGW’s representative to the UN. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Fabrizio Petri, President of the Italian Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights, receives the LGW’s publication from Maria de Albuquerque. (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)Laura Guercio, Secretary General of the Italian Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights, talks to Maria de Albuquerque, from the LGW. (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)Sâmara Malaman (C), from the LGW, presents MC Kgomo (L), Deputy Director of Gender and Diversity Management, and Madiepetsane Charlotte Lobe, Chief Director of the Transformation and Transversal Programmes of the Republic of South Africa, with the GOOD WILL Women magazine in English. (Photo: Eliana Gonçalves)(Foto: Eliana Gonçalves)Teresa Nageeb Yassa Tawadrous, legal advisor and member of the National Assembly Committee of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sudan. (Photo: Eliana Gonçalves)(Foto: Eliana Gonçalves)Dr. Jan Marie Fritz, professor at the University of Cincinnati (USA) and distinguished visiting professor at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), receives the LGW’s publication. (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)Constance Matheksa, from the Department of Labour of South Africa, receives from Eliana Gonçalves the GOOD WILL Women magazine. (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)Dr. Mary Okumu (R), Head of UN Women in Sierra Leone, receives the GOOD WILL Women magazine from the LGW team. (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)Matilda Johnson, World Vice-President of the World Federation of Methodist & Uniting Church of Women, from Gambia, receives the LGW’s publication from Maria de Albuquerque. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Geri Palast (R), Executive Director of the JFNA/JCPA Israel Action Network. (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)The conference gathers heads of State, government officials, UN specialized agencies, and civil society organizations to discuss the advances and challenges faced by women and girls all over the world. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Members of the delegation of the Dominican Republic: congresswoman Magda Rodrigues (L), president of the Commission on Gender Equality of the House of Representatives, and Anniete Cohn-Lois (R), Professor with a Master’s degree in Social Entrepreneurship, with Adriana Parmegiani (C), from the LGW. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Clementina Garnica Cruz, Head of the Bartolina Sisa National Confederation of Campesino, Indigenous, and Native Women of Bolivia. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Aina Iiyambo, Executive Secretary of the CSW and Policy Advisor on Intergovernmental Affairs of UN Women, with Danilo Parmegiani, LGW’s representative to the UN. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Speaker at the conference, Tzili Mor, Director of the International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kunda Lupandula, Minister of Gender, Child and the Family, and Ilunga Tshingwel, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Introduction to the New Citizenship. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Minister of Women of Paraguay, Ana Baiardi (R). (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Carole Shaw kindly greeted the LGW’s representatives at the event and congratulated the Organization for the work it carries out in favor of education and the empowerment of women. Ms. Shaw is an international specialist advisor to governments and UN Specialized Agencies on Justice and Equality Rights. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Henriette Tshimuanga Minchiabo, Head of Department of the Ministry of Employment, Labor, and Social Welfare of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angélique Inzun Okomba, Secretary-General of Employment and Labor, of the Ministry of Employment, Labor, and Social Welfare of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, receive the LGW’s publication from Sâmara Malaman. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Lubica Rozborova (right), Project Coordinator of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic, and Oľga Pietruchová, Director of the Department of Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic. (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)Representatives of the LGW at the event talk to Tounkara Sophie Souko and Diahara Thomas, from the Ministry for the Advancement of Women, Children and Families of Mali. (Photo: Danilo Parmegiani)Duniya Syed (right), from Afghanistan, participates in the CSW62 and receives the GOOD WILL Women magazine (in English) from Namrata Jadhav, member of the LGW’s team at the event. (Photo: Adriana Parmegiani)(Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)From left to right: Vivian Walczesky, Governor of Soroptimist of Midwestern Region, and Lata Shastri, representative of Soroptimist in Michigan, receive the GOOD WILL Women magazine (in English) from Eliana Gonçalves and Adriana Parmegiani, from the LGW. (Photo: Namrata Jadhav)(Foto: Namrata Jadhav )Members of the delegations of Comoros and Chad receive the LGW’s publication from Sâmara Malaman. (Photo: Namarata Jadhav) (Foto: Namarata Jadhav)Soodabeh Radars, member of the delegation of Iran, with Danilo Parmegiani, from the LGW. (Photo: Adriana Parmegiani)(Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)On the right, H.E. Georgi Velikov Panayotov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations. (Photo: Adriana Parmegiani)(Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)Aska Tsvetanova, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations, receives the GOOD WILL Women magazine in English. (Photo: Adriana Parmegiani)(Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)From left to right: Silvana Guerra, President of the Commission of Gender of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Adriana Parmegiani, from the LGW, and Mariella Mazzotti, Director of the National Institute of Women of Uruguay. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Lucy Edosomwan, member of the delegation of Nigeria, with the GOOD WILL Women magazine. (Photo: LGW Staff)(Foto: LGW Staff)Bassima Hakkaoui, Minister of Family, Solidarity, Equality and Social Development of Morocco. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Delsa Desavedra (left), Director of the National Institute of Women (INAMU) and Eyra Harbar (right), adviser to the National Institute of Women (INAMU), from Panama, receive the LGW’s publication from Sâmara Malaman. (Photo: Danilo Parmegiani)(Foto: Danilo Parmegian)David Stanton TD, Minister of State for Equality, Immigration and Integration of Ireland. On the occasion, he talked to Adriana Parmegiani about the work of the LGW and about what Ireland has been doing to empower women. (Photo: Danilo Parmegiani)(Foto: Danilo Parmegiani)Genoveva Tisheva, activist and one of the authors of the Bulgarian Law on Protection against Domestic Violence 2000-2005. She received the LGW’s publication, which presents the good practices the Organization carries out in favor of women in communication and technology. (Photo: Adriana Parmegiani)(Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)Dorcus Parit (right), Founder and Executive Director of Hope Beyond Transitional Center, member of the Kenyan delegation, and Adriana Parmegiani, from the LGW. (Photo: Namrata Jadhav)(Foto: Namrata Jadhav)Members of the delegations of Comoros and Tanzania receive the LGW’s publication, which presents the good practices of women working with technology and communication. (Photo: Danilo Parmegiani)(Foto: Danilo Parmegiani)The delegation of Brazil headed by the Special Secretary of Policies for Women, Fátima Pelaes (in orange), with Danilo Parmegiani, representative of the LGW to the United Nations. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Lorena Cruz Sánchez, President of the National Institute of Women (INMUJERES), from Mexico. (Photo: LGW Staff)(Foto: LGW Staff)H.E. Geraldine Byrne Nason, Chair of the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, receives from Danilo Parmegiani, LGW representative at the UN, the GOOD WILL Women magazine (in English). (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)The GOOD WILL Women magazine, in English, is handed to the participants of the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)Members of Soroptimist, an international volunteer organization, receive from Adriana Parmegiani (center) the publication of the LGW. (Photo: Namrata Jadhav) (Foto: Namrata Jadhav)Eliana Gonçalves, from the LGW (center), talks to representatives of the Small-scale Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria. (Photo: Adriana Parmegiani)(Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)On the left, Dr. Nchiewe Ani, President/Founder of the Pink Africa Foundation, from Nigeria. Next to her, Sâmara Malaman, from the LGW. (Photo: Danilo Parmegiani) (Foto: Danilo Parmegiani)Kozue Yuki (right), member of the delegation of Japan. (Photo: Eliana Gonçalves)(Foto: Eliana Gonçalves )Juana S Cabral, representative of Hermanas Dominicas de Monteils, from Paraguay. (Photo: Adriana Parmegiani) (Foto: Adriana Parmegiani )The GOOD WILL Women magazine is available to those attending the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). (Photo: LGW)(Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)Guo Jingjing, Senior Executive of the China Women's Development Foundation, receives from Eliana Gonçalves the LGW’s publication. (Photo: Adriana Parmegiani) (Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)Kala Swarnakar, President of the Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO), from Nepal. (Photo: Eliana Gonçalves)
(Foto: Eliana Gonçalves)The GOOD WILL Women magazine, is handed to the participants of the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). (Photo: LGW) (Foto: Adriana Parmegiani)The Legion of Good Will (LGW) is once again presenting by means of the GOOD WILL Women magazine (available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish) its recommendations of good practices using technology in the social, educational, and communication work it carries out in 98 units across seven countries. (Photo: LGW Staff)(Foto: LGW Staff)Andrea Guadalupe Lopéz Bedolla (left), representative of the NGO Mujeres Desarrollo, Justicia y Paz, from Mexico, and Sílvia Rita Souza (center), representative of CODEPLAN (Planning Company of the Federal District of Brazil), talk to Danilo Parmegiani, from the LGW. (Photo: Sâmara Malaman)(Foto: Sâmara Malaman)
Amy Matthews, member of the British delegation, receives from Adriana Parmegiani the LGW’s publication. (Photo: LGW)(Foto: LGW)
One of the highlights of this edition is the article “Women and Technology for Peace” by the President of the LGW, José de Paiva Netto, in which he states: “With the educational power of women and mothers, let us use the technological resources available and those that are yet to be created by human audacity to persevere working on the path to Peace and Justice.”
The magazine’s exclusive reports present the actions undertaken by the LGW across seven countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Portugal, the United States, and Uruguay) in favor of women and girls at social risk. Using technology in the Organization’s social, educational, and communication work, they significantly increase their digital knowledge, add to it values linked to Ecumenical Spirituality, such as Solidarity and ethics, and enhance their exercise of Global Citizenship.
You can also read the publication’s contents on the free GOOD WILL app for iOS and Android. Further information on this subject can be found at www.boavontade.com/en.
