“Last week, I attended the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the invitation of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The invitation came about after the Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment called for contributions of concrete, innovative and promising actions initiated since March 2011 that have been effective at addressing women’s lack of access to, and their participation and leadership in, the science and technology fields. One of my colleagues at Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) made a contribution demonstrating our work with the Young Girls Science & Health Tele-Academy in Nigeria.”
