{"id":22625,"date":"2023-07-06T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.itu.int\/?page_id=22625"},"modified":"2023-07-10T07:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T07:38:24","slug":"25-years-of-women-stepping-up-at-itu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/council.itu.int\/2024\/en\/homepage\/gender-responsive-council\/25-years-of-women-stepping-up-at-itu\/","title":{"rendered":"25 years of women stepping up at ITU\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n ITU Member States first adopted Resolution 70<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 affirming their commitment to include a gender perspective in all of ITU\u2019s work and activities \u2013 at the 1998 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-98) in Minneapolis. Since then, women have achieved leadership positions in nearly every part of the organization, and a woman became ITU Secretary-General for the first time in January 2023.\u00a0\u00a0

This timeline shows the names of the first women holding each leadership position in ITU\u2019s statutory bodies and conferences. These trailblazers have paved the way for others. But so much remains to be done.\u00a0\u00a0
Resolution 70 remains ITU\u2019s guiding decision on gender equality. On the 25th anniversary of that key commitment, ITU Member States are urged to be proactive \u2013 and to nominate more women to leadership positions.\u00a0 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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    \n 2022<\/strong> First woman Secretary General of ITU<\/strong> Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin (United States) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) (Bucharest, 2022)

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    \n 2018<\/strong> First woman Director of the Telecommunication
    Development Bureau (BDT)<\/strong> Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin (United States) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18) (Dubai, 2018)<\/em>\u00a0\"\" <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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    \n 2018<\/strong> First woman Chair of the Telecommunication
    Development Advisory Group (TDAG)<\/strong> Ms Roxanne McElvane Webber (United States)\u00a0World Telecommunication Development
    Conference (WTDC-17) (Buenos Aires, 2017)<\/em>\"\" <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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    \n 2008<\/strong> First woman Chair of the Radio Regulations Board (RRB)<\/strong>\u00a0Ms Julie Napier Zoller (USA)




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    \n 2008<\/strong> First woman Chair of the World Telecommunication
    Standardization Assembly (WTSA)<\/strong>\u00a0Ms Lyndall Shope-Mafole (South Africa)\u00a0World Telecommunication Standardization
    Assembly (WTSA-08)
    (Johannesburg, 2008)<\/em>\u00a0\"\" <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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    \n 2006<\/strong> First women elected to the Radio Regulations Board (RRB)<\/strong> \u00a0Ms Martine Limodin (France)\u00a0and Ms Julie Napier Zoller (USA)\u00a0Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-06) (Antalya, 2006)

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    \n 2006<\/strong> First woman Chair of a World Telecommunication
    Development Conference (WTDC)<\/strong> Dr Hessa Al Jaber (Qatar)\u00a0World Telecommunication Development
    Conference (WTDC-06)
    (Doha, 2006)<\/em>\u00a0\"\" <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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    \n 2005<\/strong> First woman chair of an ITU-T Study Group<\/strong>\u00a0Ms Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Alajouanine (France)\u00a0ITU-T Study Group 2: Operational aspects of
    service provision, networks and performance






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    \n 2003<\/strong> First woman Chair of an ITU-R Study Group<\/strong>\u00a0Dr Veena Rawat (Canada)\u00a0ITU-R Study Group 4: Satellite services
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    \n 2003<\/strong> First woman Chair of a World Radiocommunication
    Conference (WRC)<\/strong>\u00a0Dr Veena Rawat (Canada)\u00a0World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03)
    (Geneva, 2003)<\/em>\u00a0\"\" <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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    \n 2002<\/strong> First woman Chair of an ITU-D Study Group<\/strong>\u00a0Ms Audrey Loridan-Baudrier (France)\u00a0ITU-D Study Group 1: Telecommunication development
    strategies and policies<\/em>\u00a0\"\" <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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    \n 1999<\/strong> First woman Chair of ITU Council<\/strong>\u00a0Ms Lyndall Shope-Mafole (South Africa)\u00a0ITU Council 1999

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