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d. Teaching women basic skills and allowing women to take part in the mediation
process in post-conflict situations,
e. Increasing respect for women through inclusion in important steps to the

reconstruction of affected zones in post-conflict situations,
f. Promoting women who have already attended and completed recognised
digital literacy programs, to take part in the leadership of relevant organisations

and run their own classes;

6. Promotes the reduction of the gender wage gap in order to empower women and

allow them to access ICTs and technology in general by:
a. Introducing more programs aimed towards STEM careers within schools, and
that are directed towards girls and women, as these careers are more lucrative
and technology oriented,

b. Encouraging the use of strict regulations on firms, requiring them to hire women
on an equal basis and provide equal payment,
c. Asking all relevant private companies to send representatives to a yearly

seminar that would emphasise the economic benefits of having women in the
workplace and the need to ensure equal pay, which could be hosted by
organizations dedicated to opposing injustice in the workplace;

7. Calls upon all member States to gather data on:
a. The percentage of women and men who have access to ICTs through sectional
surveys such as:

i. Population censuses,
ii. Household surveys that follow the UNESCO framework, in order to collect
data on illiteracy,

b. The percentage of women who have leadership roles in the ICT sector,
determined through company surveys, including but not limited to: Chief
Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Directors of Technology,

Management Information Systems Directors and Technical Operations Officers;
c. The percentage of women and men who have any form of bank account,
determined through large-scale surveys such as population censuses;

8. Authorises all member States having acknowledged the existence of a gender digital
divide to take action by allocating government funds to:
a. Teacher development courses on teaching about ICTs,

b. ICT equipment in educational institutions and primary schools,
c. ICT equipment in public areas, especially libraries and other government-
owned public buildings,

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