Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - Chairman of Huawei Sun Yafang received 2012 World Telecommunication and Information Society Award.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) handed over this award to mark its 147th establishment anniversary at a ceremony in Geneva recently, according to a press statement.
Along with Yafang, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and academy award winning actor and founder of the Geena Davis Institute of Gender in Media, Geena Davis also got this award.
The theme for the 2012 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) focused on 'Women and girls in ICT'. It was aimed at extending digital opportunities by providing avenues of advancement to professional women at the highest echelons of decision-making, and by encouraging young women to seek new careers within the sector.
In a message on the occasion of WTISD, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, "On this World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, I call again for wide-ranging efforts to close both the digital divide and the gender gap.
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