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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>It’s a good idea : submitting a strong reform proposal to the ITU Secretary general. <BR>
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Esther<BR>
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Les droits ne sont pas garantis par une autorité divine ; ils reposent sur la vitalité des institutions, des citoyens et des formations de pouvoir qui en soutiennent l’existence. Don't forget it.<BR>
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(*)/'(*) That's all folks<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>De : </B>Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr><BR>
<B>Répondre à : </B>plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>
<B>Date : </B>Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:06:43 +0100 (CET)<BR>
<B>À : </B>plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>
<B>Objet : </B>[WSIS CS-Plenary] Gender equality and ITU<BR>
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Dear all<BR>
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ITU and gender equality : a quasi antinomy ? <BR>
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Despite recurrent solemn speeches of its Secretary general in international arenas since a decade, the "board" of the ITU which is elected during the Plenipotentiary Conference (ITU jargon : PP) is still exclusively made up of men : Mr Utsumi (Secretary general), Mr Blois (deputy Secretary general), Mr Toure (Diector of ITU-D), Mr Zhao (Director ITU-T, Mr Timofeev (Director ITU-R. And even its most important consultative groups are quasi exclusively masculine. <BR>
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Are ICTs a pure men's affair ? Let's see what will come out of the hats during PP 06. I guess the same scenario will go on.<BR>
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I therefore urge our very active "Gender Caucus" to react accordingly by submitting a strong reform proposal to the ITU Secretary general. <BR>
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Best regards<BR>
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Jean-Louis Fullsack<BR>
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