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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Dear Listers,</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The UNESCO Regional
Office for Eastern Africa is pleased to invite you to celebrate Women in Tech,
during the International Women’s Day (IWD) event on 8</font><sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">th</font></sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> March 2018.
The event is organised within the framework of the 2018 Nairobi Innovation
Week.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The IWD </font></span><span lang="EN" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">2018 theme is </font><b><u><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">“</font><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Time
is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives.</font></span></u></b><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> This year’s theme </font></span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">echoes the priority
theme of the upcoming </font></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw62-2018" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="margin:0px;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">62nd session of the UN Commission on
the Status of Women, </span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">which is</font><b><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">“Participation in and access of women to the
media</font></span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">, and </font><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">information and
communications technologies</font></span></b><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> and their impact on and use as an
instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">To empower and
celebrate the Women in Tech, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa
as one of the key partners in the Nairobi Innovation week, has organised three
activities. </font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><br></font></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">1. Women In Technology Mobile Apps
Development training - Feb 26</font><sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">th</font></sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> to March 2</font><sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">nd</font></sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">
2018</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">2.</font><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#000000"> <font face="Calibri" size="3">h</font></font></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">ackathon challenge - 5 to 6
March 2018</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">3.</font><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#000000"> <font face="Calibri" size="3">I</font></font></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">nternational Women’s Day Celebrations (IWD) on 8</font><sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">th</font></sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">
March, 2018- a parallel session under the theme "</font><span style="margin:0px;text-transform:uppercase"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY THOUGH
WOMEN AND GIRLS’ INNOVATION FOR A BETTER TOMORROw"</font></span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> . Venue, University of Nairobi Towers </font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Activities during the IWD on 8</font><sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">th</font></sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">
March include panel discussions with the following objectives:-</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">1.</font><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Maintaining a gender parity mind set in the world
of Technology</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">2.</font><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Challenging gender stereotypes and bias against
women’s involvement in Technology</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">3.</font><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Building confidence and encouraging women to pursue
new careers in technology.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">4.</font><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Addressing stereotypes on the role (or importance)
of women in participation and decision-making.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">5.</font><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Advocating gender mainstreaming and the rights of
women in the tech industry.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">All the UNESCO organised events are taking
place at the </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">University of Nairobi Towers, 4</font><sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">th</font></sup><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> Floor, Mini Theatre 2. </font></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The panel discussions will be
moderated by the Kictanet Co-convener- Ms. Grace Githaiga</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
<br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">We look forward to your participation.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px">
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