{"id":31738,"date":"2013-10-01T12:32:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T17:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31738"},"modified":"2013-10-01T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T17:02:43","slug":"hillary-clinton-announces-world-pulse-and-intel-partnership-to-help-close-the-gender-digital-divide-breaking-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31738","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton Announces World Pulse and Intel Partnership to Help Close the Gender Digital Divide – Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During last week\u2019s 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced an unprecedented partnership between World Pulse and Intel Corporation intended to expand digital literacy skills to young women in developing countries. Beginning in sub-Saharan Africa, World Pulse and Intel will collaborate on the \u2018She Will Connect\u2019 program, Intel\u2019s initiative to reduce the significant gender and technology gap around the world, a fact highlighted in the company\u2019s \u201cWomen and the Web\u201d report released last January.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to partner with Intel on this transformative project,\u201d said Jensine Larsen, World Pulse founder and CEO. \u201cWhile the Internet has changed billions of lives around the globe, millions of women and girls are still being left behind. But we can take action and provide millions of young women with the digital skills and platform they need to participate in the global dialog and economy to find their voices and transform their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Intel\u2019s initiative aims to reach 5 million young women in Sub Saharan Africa over the next three years, reducing the digital divide for women in Africa by 50 percent.<\/p>\n

World Pulse, the leading global network using the power of digital media to connect women worldwide, will collaborate with Intel\u2019s team to integrate World Pulse\u2019s digital empowerment training into the company\u2019s existing digital literacy programs and provide a supportive peer network through their online platform. The World Pulse platform will enable women to exchange ideas, find support and mentorship, and obtain relevant content tailored to women. Intel also will support the creation of World Pulse\u2019s Next Generation platform, set to launch in late 2014, that will connect millions of grassroots women leaders all in an effort to drive rapid, sustainable global change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our research we found that women often place great value on the benefit of strong relationships created online with other women,\u201d said Renee Wittemyer, Intel\u2019s director of Social Impact. \u201cWorld Pulse\u2019s network of women around the globe will address some of the barriers to getting women online by making the Internet engaging, convenient and a source of community support. We look forward to an excellent partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, a majority of these grassroots women leaders remain isolated and invisible. \u201cWithout a forum or access to vital information and resources the organizations that serve them need to be more interconnected so that we can effectively harness their collective power,\u201d added Larsen. \u201cOur growing global network is helping to do just that by providing an interactive platform on which they can speak out and connect whether they\u2019re using Internet cafes or cell phones from rural villages to urban cities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through World Pulse\u2019s platform, women will have access to:
\n\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A safe, secure and supportive online peer network of women from 190 countries where they can share ideas and stay connected;
\n\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Relevant content through regional and topic hub-pages;
\n\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ongoing opportunities for scholarships, training, mentorship and more through the Resource Exchange;
\n\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Training in digital empowerment and citizen journalism; and
\n\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Opportunities to have their voices channeled to key media and decision-making forums like CNN and the UN.<\/p>\n

World Pulse (www.worldpulse.com<\/a>) is a global media network using the power of digital media to connect women worldwide and bring women a global voice. The World Pulse network is powered by 60,000 women from 190 countries. World Pulse believes that when women are heard they will transform the world. Its mission is to lift and unite women\u2019s voices to accelerate their impact for the world. Through its growing web-based platform, women are speaking out and connecting to create solutions from the frontlines for today\u2019s most pressing issues. With a focus on grassroots women change leaders, World Pulse programs nurture communities, provide media and empowerment training, and broadcast rising voices to influential forums. \u00a0Follow on Twitter @worldpulse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During last week\u2019s 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced an unprecedented partnership between World Pulse and Intel Corporation intended to expand digital literacy skills to young women in developing countries. Beginning in sub-Saharan Africa, World Pulse and Intel will collaborate on the \u2018She Will Connect\u2019 program, Intel\u2019s initiative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9149,532],"class_list":["post-31738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-clinton","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31738"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}