Women | Tools | Technology Challenge Update

Women | Tools | Technology: Building Opportunities & Economic Power is an innovative online challenge that identified solutions for promoting women’s economic advancement through technology in developing countries. Sponsored by Ashoka’s Changemakers and our forum member ExxonMobil in partnership with the International Center for Research on Women, the challenge sourced 268 entries from 67 countries.  Efforts are part of ExxonMobil’s Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative. On June 2, ten finalists were chosen by an expert panel of judges. From now until June 16, anyone can vote on their three favorite finalists at Changemakers.com/TechnologyWomen.  The winners will be announced June 23.
 
Changemakers is also conducting a series of interviews with three women whose careers and public presence embody the themes represented in the Women | Tools | Technology Challenge. They will discuss what inspires them to take on the challenge and responsibility of becoming influencers in the once male dominated fields of media and technology. Interviews will be conducted with:
 
·         Leslie Harris, President and CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology (June 14th)
·         Laurel Touby, Founder, Mediabistro.com (June 15th)
·         Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics (June 16th)
 
Audio recordings of each interview will be posted to www.changemakers.com around 5pm EDT June 14, 15 and 16. What an exciting opportunity to find out more about women in technology.

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