New global initiative to close gender gap in science and technology | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

To kick off its new Technology Initiative, Global Fund for Women today launched IGNITE: Women Fueling Science and Technology, an online campaign and multimedia project which explores the roles of science and technology in advancing women’s human rights. IGNITE features leading technologists, thought leaders, innovators, human rights activists and creators around the world, engaging partners in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The IGNITE project is one part of a Technology Initiative that will call on Governments, funders and corporations to invest in addressing the global gap between men and women in accessing, shaping, and leading science and technology, in order to exponentially increase progress on equality and human rights.

IGNITE will engage high-profile “Champions,” including Facebook COO and Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead author Sheryl Sandberg; Reshma Saujani, Executive Director of Girls Who Code; singer/songwriter Carolyn Malachi; and Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO.

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