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Since I was very young, probably six, seven years old, I was fascinated with the night skies. I would look at these beautiful, shiny objects in the darkness of the night sky and wonder what they are, why they're bright, you know, how I can go get closer to them. I wanted to go to space to touch them, to understand them. And this question, as I grew a little bit older, the question of, you know, why are we here? What am I doing here? What is this, how this world came to be and the role of humanity and the place we are in time in the grand scheme of things. So these questions are, and my curiosity to find the answers to these questions, what drew me to math science and got me set up on my path to actually being where I am an engineer, a business woman, and an astronaut."Anousheh Ansari, CEO, XPrize FoundationFor 5 episodes of Technology for Good, we are focusing on technological challenges and opportunities through the eyes of some incredible and inspirational women in tech, in the run up to and during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, or PP-22. This major event will gather policymakers from ITU's 193 member states to take decisions that will shape the future of technology, making it greener, more gender and youth inclusive and more accessible to everyone on our planet.This podcast is the nineteenth episode of Technology for Good - an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us.Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be among the first to hear the next episode!Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and Directed by: Maximillian Jacobson-GonzalezCo-presented by: Adeleh MojtahedProduced and Edited by: Gianluca AllariaProduction Assistants: Tiziana Ballester, Martina Camellini,

"I think we have seen that technology has its pros and cons. As the world is becoming a global village, we also have to deal with waste from technological products that are becoming a growing concern, especially for the sustainability of our planet. I think there is an opportunity to innovate, and technology has proven itself as a catalyst for innovation... using technology as an opportunity to preserve the planet.Hon. Emma Inamutila Theofelus, Deputy Minister of the ICT Ministry, NamibiaFor 5 episodes of Technology for Good, we are focusing on technological challenges and opportunities through the eyes of some incredible and inspirational women in tech, in the run up to and during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, or PP-22. This major event will gather policymakers from ITU's 193 member states to take decisions that will shape the future of technology, making it greener, more gender and youth inclusive and more accessible to everyone on our planet.This podcast is the eighteenth episode of Technology for Good- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us.Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be among the first to hear the next episode!Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and Directed by: Maximillian Jacobson-GonzalezCo-presented by: Sophiyat SadiqProduced and Edited by: Gianluca AllariaProduction Assistants: Tiziana Balleste, Martina Camellini, Adeleh Mojtahed

“We always think about the socio-demographic factors of how technologies are built, intersect with socio-demographic factors such as race, gender and sexual orientation. And it is really important that those who are building these technologies are aware, are reflective of our diverse backgrounds, ideas, our beliefs, all of that. That is how we get our future technology right.” Sinead Bovell, Founder, WAYE and Youth Tech LeaderFor 5 episodes of Technology for Good, we are focusing on technological challenges and opportunities through the eyes of some incredible and inspirational women in tech, in the run up to and during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, or PP-22. This major event will gather policymakers from ITU's 193 member states to take decisions that will shape the future of technology, making it greener, more gender and youth inclusive and more accessible to everyone on our planet.This podcast is the seventeenth episode of Technology for Good- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us.Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be among the first to hear the next episode!Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and Directed by: Maximillian Jacobson-GonzalezCo-presented by: Adeleh MojtahedProduced and Edited by: Gianluca AllariaProduction Assistants: Tiziana Balleste, Martina Camellini

"We need to be inspired by the young population…It's our goal is to make sure that every student will find the place and do the jobs… that they are the best at. Looking for talent is a key thing” Justyna Orlowska, Prime Minister's High Representative for Government Technology and Game Development and the Minister of Education and Science's High Representative for Digital Transformation in Poland, shares some valuable insights in our Technology for Good podcast series. For the next 5 episodes of Technology for Good, we are focusing on technological challenges and opportunities through the eyes of some incredible and inspirational women in tech, in the run up to and during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, or PP-22. This major event will gather policymakers from ITU's 193 member states to take decisions that will shape the future of technology, making it greener, more gender and youth inclusive and more accessible to everyone on our planet.This podcast is the sixteenth episode of Technology for Good- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us.Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be among the first to hear the next episode!Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and Directed by: Maximillian Jacobson-GonzalezCo-presented by: Martina CamelliniProduced and Edited by: Gianluca AllariaProduction Assistants: Adeleh Mojtahed, Tiziana Ballester

Around half of the world's primary schools still lack computers and internet access. ITU and UNICEF's Giga school connectivity aims to turn this around by connecting all schools to the internet. What further opportunities do digital technologies offer to transform education?H.E. David Moinina Sengeh, Sierra Leone's Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Chief Innovation Officer, speaks with BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin on his country's approach towards using technology in education. He shares that more girls are now enrolled in school, than before the COVID-19 pandemic, in Sierra Leone. Listen to his views and advice to the global community ahead of the UN Transforming Education Summit.

"I am bursting with feeling about urgency and opportunity, to ensure that tech can accelerate gender equality. When women and girls have an equal chance to thrive and lead everyone benefits”Jamie M. Zimmerman from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talks to us in our Technology for Good podcast series. For the next 5 episodes of Technology for Good, we are focusing on technological challenges and opportunities through the eyes of some incredible and inspirational women in tech, in the run up to and during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, or PP-22. This major event will gather policymakers from ITU's 193 member states to take decisions that will shape the future of technology, making it greener, more gender and youth inclusive and more accessible to everyone on our planet.This podcast is the thirteenth episode of Technology for Good- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us.Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode!Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more. Presented and Directed by: Maximillian Jacobson-GonzalezCo-presented by: Tiziana BallesterProduced and Edited by: Gianluca AllariaProduction Assistants: Martina Camellini, Adeleh Mojtahed #WomeninTech

Transcript:“I am bursting with feeling about urgency and opportunity, to ensure that tech can accelerate gender equality. When women and girls have an equal chance to thrive and lead everyone benefits” That was Jamie Zimmerman from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation talking to us in our Technology for Good podcast series. For the next 5 episodes, the ITU Technology for Good podcast series, is focusing on technological challenges and opportunities through the eyes of some incredible and inspirational women in tech, in the run up to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, or PP-22. This major event will gather policy-makers from ITU's 193 member states to take decisions that will shape the future of technology, making it greener, more gender and youth inclusive and more accessible to everyone on our planet. “More people, especially women who have haven't historically had a seat at the table, need to have one. And if we can't make the table bigger and bring in more chairs, then I think we need to start intentionally seeding some space for them in order to just show up and be part of the conversations and helping with design and and decision making” Check out ITU's Technology for Good on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more, now.

Not only does the technology we use create mountains of e-waste that can be difficult to dispose of safely, but much of it also contains valuable, rare and finite minerals and metals that are essential for the continuing production of new models of technology. Very few countries regulate this waste stream. E-waste is not just a topic for environmentalists, but for all technology producers and policymakers. Hear about this and the efforts to improve e-waste management, from our expert speakers on this episode of Technology for Good which is being launched for International E-waste Day, an annual UN day to highlight the growing e-waste issue.This podcast is the fourteenth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and directed by: Maximillian Jacobson - GonzalezProduced and written by: Philippa YoungEdited by: Jo BarrattFor more information visit:http://www..itu.int

"Young people will inherit a world that's been dramatically reshaped by today's technological advances, and some of them are already playing their own active role in defining the evolution of digital platforms and services that are reshaping the world of their elders" Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau.Youth around the world are taking an unprecedented role in conversations around politics and the environment. Despite many being below voting age these young people are finding new ways to get their voices heard. This is in no small part to their aptitude and engagement with information communication technologies.This podcast is the thirteenth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and directed by: Maximillian Jacobson - GonzalezProduced and written by: Philippa YoungEdited by: Jo BarrattFor more information visit:http://www..itu.intandhttps://www.itu.int/generationconnect

A quick round-up of tech-focused stories recently featured on the ITU News blog.In this episode•How digital transformation can become sustainable; •Technologies helping protect the world's oceans; •Namibia's policy to tackle e-waste; •Iceland's drive for next-generation cybersecurity; •Digital ID expanding financial access across Latin America; •How regulations can help close the world's digital divide. •And…Mauritius – the small island nation that just deployed its first satellite into low-Earth orbit.

Ageing is becoming a megatrend. Around the world birth rates are declining, while people are living longer, healthier lives. For the first time in human history, people over the age of 60 outnumber those under the age of five. A population predicted to reach 2 billion by the year 2050. To help us prepare for this new reality, the World Health Organization and the United Nations have launched the Decade of Healthy Ageing. From 2021 to 2030, this decade will contain milestones related to the Sustainable Development Goals. In this episode we are focusing on how technology can have a major part to play in ensuring that this population does not go underserved, but that will only happen if both technology creators and policy makers are aware of and act on this dramatic shift in the global demographic. Featuring plenty of great content including extracts from speakers at major ITU events this year such as WSIS FORUM 2021 and facts and figures from ITU's brand new report: "Ageing in a digital world - from vulnerable to valuable".This podcast is the twelfth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and directed by: Maximillian Jacobson - GonzalezProduced and written by: Philippa YoungEdited by: Jo BarrattFor more information visit:http://www..itu.intandhttps://www.itu.int/en/myitu/Publications/2021/05/17/12/55/Ageing-in-a-digital-world--from-vulnerable-to-valuable

Female Digital Entrepreneurship A conversation between Doreen Bogdan - Martin, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau, Tara Mulhare, a leader and coach for emerging businesses, and Rebekah Daniel, the head of a start-up in the fashion industry in Ethiopia, on how technology can enhance women's economic and professional opportunities. Tara and Rebekah share advice to young women who want to use digital tools to expand their businesses, and describe the transformative role of digital skills from their first-hand experiences, including through ITU and the Enhanced Integrated Framework's joint project on digital skills for women.For more information please visit: http://www.itu.int

In this episode we are focusing on ICT accessibility - specifically for persons with disabilities. People who identify as living with disability represent 15% of the world's population, which is currently around 1 billion people. Within this population there exists a very wide array of disabilities encompassing physical mobility, autism and speech delays, persons who are deaf and hard of hearing, and persons with visual disability . Up to 70% of disabilities are invisible but they can still present a barrier to access and use the growing range of information technologies available. This episode explores innovations in the accessibility space from established companies like Google and Microsoft to the new softwares and entrepreneurial ventures developed by people living with disability who experienced and realised a need that was not being met, and did something about it. This podcast is the eleventh episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and directed by: Maximillian Jacobson - GonzalezProduced and written by: Philippa YoungEdited by: Jo Barratt

THE UNCONNECTED With Andile Ngcaba by ITU

Highlighting women’s lack of participation online and in the digital spheres of technology and business, tackling online harassment and violence. We hear personal testimonies from female leading lights working and participating in the technological field to address the gender balance and we are also celebrating International Girls in ICT day.This podcast is the tenth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and directed by: Maximillian Jacobson - GonzalezProduced and written by: Philippa YoungEdited by: Jo Barratt

A conversation between Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of the ITU Development Bureau and Joanne O'Riordan, writer at the Irish Times and podcast host @hersportdotie and one of a handful of people born with the total-Amelia syndrome, characterized by the absence of all four limbs. An inspiring conversation about barriers, accessibility and digital inclusion for people with disabilities and how to overcome them.https://itu.int

What is Digital Transformation? What does it mean for industry, government, and citizens? And what can we expect from a digitally transformed world? World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, has been celebrated all around the world every year on the 17th of May, since 1969, it marks the founding of ITU and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. This year its focus is on “Accelerating Digital Transformation in challenging times”. Tune in to hear from digital transformation experts at ITU, and in Niger, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, South Africa and Estonia.This podcast is the ninth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and directed by: Maximillian Jacobson - GonzalezProduced and written by: Philippa YoungEdited by: Jo Barratt

On the occasion of World Radio Day 2021, we catch up with Mario Maniewicz, Director of ITUs Radiocommunication Bureau and talk to him about "New world , New radio - evolution, innovation and connection in radio" the theme of this year's commemorative day.Interviewer: Ekaterina Skvortsova

How can technology help us face dramatic shifts in how we live our lives? Next to the latest technological advances radio could seem an antiquated medium. But as a growing US$40billion dollar industry, and when over 90% of North Americans listen to the radio every week, radio is far from being left behind. Commemorating World Radio Day we look into how radio continues to innovate, connect and evolve in our rapidly changing world. Listen to our exclusive technological expert interviewees share their stories and their views, in this latest episode of our podcast series.This podcast is the eighth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented and directed by: Maximillian Jacobson - GonzalezProduced and written by: Philippa YoungEdited by: Jo Barratt

A conversation between Doreen Bogdan Martin, Director ITU-Development and Princess Dr. Nisreen El-Hashemite, Founder and President of Women in Science International League on February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. A candid chat about girls in ICT, gender equality, science, technology, education, accessibility, policy reform and public-private partnership.www.itu.int

Doreen Bogdan - Martin, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau in conversation with Pascal Leroy, Director General of the WEEE Forum - the world's largest multi-national centre of competence as regards operational know-how concerning the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment.This podcast interview aims to raise awareness about the role that individual consumers and companies can play in responsible consumption, reuse and recycling of Electric and Electronic Equipments (EEE) to create to a circular economy for a sustainable society.www.itu.int

How can technological innovation help us to stay healthy in times of a pandemic? Can we ensure that technology designed to keep us safe doesn't put humans right at risk? If older people are not connected what implications does that really have? Listen to our exclusive technological expert interviewees share their stories and their views, in this latest episode of our podcast series.This podcast is the seventh episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Presented by: Maximillian Jacobson - GonzalezProduced and written by: Philippa Young Any views and opinions expressed by interviewees in this series are expressed independently and are not linked to ITU.

How has the #Coronavirus #COVID-19 crisis affected the telecommunications and information and communications technology industry? How has it been coping with falls in handset sales, disrupted distribution channels, cable operators revenues severely affected by cancellation of televised sporting events, are companies halting their investments or ploughing ahead regardless? Listen to this latest ITU "snapshot" podcast and find out...Written and presented by Phillippa Biggs, ITU.

At a recently held session of the ITU Economic Experts Roundtable, experts discussed the importance of having access to quality connectivity in offsetting the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in promoting overall digital inclusion. The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the existing long-term trends in the telecom industry, such as increased screen time, remote work and learning, dependency on the public cloud providers and digital finance. The role of digital technologies in recovery from COVID-19 is important, for example, in health responses and automated analysis. However, some experts warned that digital technologies are not a panacea for all the problems. The long-term challenge remains to fight extreme digital inequalities by making health information and online opportunities available to all. Long-term challenges persist in how to fund the networks, roll them out and make them secure and reliable.

Telecommunications and ICT infrastructure and connectivity is vital now more than ever for the sake of not only all our health but also the health of our economies and our future. Listen to our exclusive technological expert interviewees share their opinions and their perspectives, in this latest episode of our new podcast series.This podcast is the sixth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Any views and opinions expressed by interviewees in this series are expressed independently and are not linked to ITU.

How has the #Coronavirus #COVID-19 crisis affected the telecommunications and information and communications technology industry? Have the mobile phone manufacturers been able to meet demand? Internet providers coped with with delivering broadband speed? Students kept up with their virtual classes? Listen to this "snapshot" podcast and find out...Written and presented by Phillippa Biggs.For more information visit:https://www.itu.int

COVID-19 has made the world a more challenging place than ever for many of us, but have all the physical precautions we are taking made us forget about keeping connected online in a safe manner? Listen to our exclusive technological expert interviewees share their stories and their views, in this latest episode of our new podcast series.This podcast is the fourth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Any views and opinions expressed by interviewees in this series are expressed independently and are not linked to ITU.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly a technology for good, helping to solve some of today’s major challenges like underlying heath issues, climate change and much more, but are there any ethical concerns we should be thinking about? Listen to our exclusive technological expert interviewees share their stories and their views, in this latest episode of our new podcast series.This podcast is the fourth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.Any views and opinions expressed by interviewees in this series are expressed independently and are not linked to ITU.

Technology can level the playing field for individuals and communities marginalised by their gender, physical disability or rural location. Our exclusive technological expert interviewees share with us how connectivity and telecommunications are more important now than ever before.This podcast is the third episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to subscribe to hear the next episode in our brand new series!

Bushfires, hurricanes, earthquakes... all of these can severely compromise vital communications, cutting off communities and rescuers. In this podcast ITU's exclusive interviewees, including the Prime Minister of Vanuatu and Australia's Minister for Communications, talk about how technology plays a critical role during national emergencies.This podcast is the second episode of “Technology for Good”- a series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to subscribe to hear the next episode in our brand new series!

Curious about how technology can help mitigate climate change?ITU’s new podcast is the first in a series that looks at how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now!Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2bdlpMRJwDfwR3v38PwvoYApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/international-telecommunication-union-itu/id1491001474Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ituproduction/itu-podcasts-technology-for-good-1-climate-change P.S Don't forget to subscribe to hear the next episode in our brand new series!