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March 8, 2019
The Nigeria InternetGovernance Forum has said that the forum is working on digital inclusion forwomen to make them relevant in internet governance.
The forum’sChairperson Mary Uduma spoke on Friday in Abuja in commemoration of the 2019International Women’s Day.
The Days is celebratedannually on March 8 as movement for women’s rights, after the Socialist Partyof America organised a Women’s Day on February 28 1909 in NewYork and in 1910, the International Socialist Woman’s Conference suggested anannual Women’s Day.
The 2019 InternationalWomen’s Day has “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change” as its theme.
She said that theInternet Governance Forum wanted digital inclusion for women to have a voiceglobally and locally in policies that concern them in the cyber space. Sheadded that in 2017, there was a meeting on women in Internet Governance inNigeria.
Uduma said that theessence of the meeting was to encourage women to come out with ideas on whatthey wanted the government to do for them to be included in development andpolicies in internet.