Deadline: 6-May-22
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 EQUALS in Tech Awards to support initiatives, projects, movements, organizations, and institutions worldwide, working to bridge the gender digital divide.
What do winners get?
Winners join a strong, active community of support and expand their networks among organizations with shared goals. Winning an EQUALS in Tech Award offers opportunities to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs, investors, activists, researchers, and leaders from intergovernmental agencies, academia and the private sector. EQUALS frequently asks winners to promote their work through various channels. Finally, winners are invited to join an Advisory Panel that chooses future award winners.
Awards categories
The Equals in Tech Awards are given every year to organizations and individuals working to help girls and women gain equal internet access, digital skills and opportunities in the tech industry. Individuals and organizations can nominate their own initiatives or those of others for an award in the following categories:
- Access: Initiatives related to improving women and girl’s digital technology access, connectivity and security
- Skills: Initiatives that support the development of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills of women and girls
- Leadership in Tech: Initiatives focused on promoting women in decision-making roles within the ICT field
- Leadership in SME: Initiatives promoted by tech sector companies to bridge the digital gender divide
- Research: Initiatives prioritizing research on gender digital divides and producing reliable evidence to tackle diversity issues within STEM and computing fields.
Eligible Projects
These awards are looking for innovative initiatives and projects promoting gender equality online and in the tech sector. Eligible initiatives and projects should:
- Reach girls and women in an impactful way
- Have the potential to scale or be replicated once reconfigured/adapted to other contexts
- Be innovative
- Work in collaboration with partners
Eligibility Criteria
The call for nominations is open to all individuals and organizations, regardless of their languages and nationalities, who wish to submit projects aimed at advancing gender equality using ICTs.
For more information, visit https://www.equalsintech.org/awards