Required Reading

There are some fantastic resources out now for people interested in gender and the intersection of gender and technology. Here are a few recently published reports: 1.) Report from Plan International “Girls Challenging the Gender Rules”:...
The Need to Balance for Better in STEM

The Need to Balance for Better in STEM

Introduction: The themes of this year’s International Women’s Day were “Balance for better” and “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”. Both are fitting when we examine the issue of gender equality in Science, Technology and Engineering, because there...

My Journey into Internet Governance with ICANN

I had the opportunity to attend the annual general meeting of the organisation ICANN – popularly tagged ICANN63. ICANN – or the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers – is a global nonprofit organisation established in 1998 and dedicated to keeping the...

Hello World …. again

So, here I am taking another stab at blogging. My first blog – Ore’s Notes: orenotes.blogspot.com started in 2005 and I kept it up for 7 years. Incredible! I am surprised by my dedication to it. That is not to say that I lack the willpower to follow things...