<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br>If you are interested in this topic, please view our <a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6300" target="_blank">recent video</a>, and take particular note of the many resources available via the <a href="http://www.ncwit.org/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(52,120,227);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:18.200000762939453px" target="_blank">National Center for Women & Information Technology</a><br>
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joly posted: "This Sunday, March 8 2014, is International Women's Day and this year’s theme is “Equality for women is progress for all". To mark the occasion Internet Society President & CEO Kathy Brown, and Trustees Desiree Miloshevic, Theresa Swinehart and Narell" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><img border="0" alt="International Women's Day" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/International-Womens-Day-Logo.jpg" style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">This Sunday, March 8 2014, is <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/" target="_blank">International Women's Day</a> and this year’s theme is “<b>Equality for women is progress for all</b>". To mark the occasion Internet Society President & CEO <b>Kathy Brown</b>, and Trustees <b>Desiree Miloshevic</b>, <b>Theresa Swinehart</b> and <b>Narelle Clark</b>, have posted <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.internetsociety.org/node/191121" target="_blank">Weaving Women of the World into the Global Tapestry of Modern Digital Life</a> an article around the importance of women in ICT. The article highlights several initiatives across the ISOC community that support women interested in technology careers and bring Internet access and training to women around the world.</p>
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