Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Honors Individuals Advancing Women’s Participation in the Creation and Use of Technology
PALO ALTO, Calif. — February 23, 2009 — The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced today it has opened the nominations for the Anita Borg Change Agent Awards. The Change Agent Awards celebrate the accomplishments of technical women from, and who work in, developing countries. These awards are designed to recognize up-and-coming leaders that impact or advance women’s participation in technology.
Three individual awards will be given to women in computing that demonstrate leadership within their communities, expand opportunities and influence the careers of girls and women in technology, and demonstrate impact on advancing women’s participation in technology. Each winner will receive up to $5,000 in travel reimbursement to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration. Past winners have come from Bahrain, Brazil, Egypt, Georgia, Nigeria, India, Kenya, Pakistan and Turkey. The Change Agent Awards are sponsored by Google.
The awards will be presented on October 1, 2009 at the Grace Hopper Celebration in Tucson Arizona. Nominations will be accepted until April 30, 2009 at http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/awards.
About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI)
The Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech fields, resulting in higher levels of technological innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to help them develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include: Google, Microsoft Corporation, HP, Sun, Cisco, Intel, SAP, Juniper Networks, NSF, NCWIT, IBM, Symantec, CA, NetApp, and Capgemini. For more information, visit www.anitaborg.org.
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