– 188 – (7.2 – Other miscellaneous matters) considering further a) the progress made by ITU, and in particular the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), in the development and implementation of actions and projects that use ICTs for the economic and social empowerment of women and girls, as well as in increasing awareness of the links between gender issues and ICTs within the Union and among Member States and Sector Members; b) the results achieved by the Working Group on Gender Issues in promoting gender equality, recognizing a) that society as a whole, particularly in the context of the information and knowledge society, will benefit from equal participation of women and men in policy-making and decision-making and equal access to communication services for both women and men; b) that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are tools through which gender equality and women's empowerment can be enhanced, and are integral to the creation of societies in which both women and men can substantively contribute and participate; c) that the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), namely the Geneva Declaration of Principles, the Geneva Plan of Action, the Tunis Commitment and the Tunis Agenda, outlined the concept of the information society and that continued efforts must be undertaken in this context to bridge the gender digital divide; d) that there are a growing number of women in the ICT field with decision-making power, including in relevant ministries, national regulatory authorities and industry, who could promote the work of ITU so as to encourage girls to choose a career in the field of ICT and foster the use of ICTs for the social and economic empowerment of women and girls, recognizing further a) the progress achieved in raising awareness, both within ITU and among Member States, of the importance of integrating a gender perspective in all ITU work programmes and of increasing the number of women professionals in ITU, especially at the senior management level, while at the same time working towards the equal access of women and men to posts in the General Service category; b) the considerable recognition given to the work of ITU in gender and ICT within the UN family of organizations, noting a) that Resolution 70 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) instructs the ITU Council to consider adopting the theme \"Women and girls in ICT\" to mark World Telecommunication and Information Society Day in 2012; b) that there is a need for ITU to investigate, analyze and further understand the impact of telecommunication/ICT technologies on women and men; c) that ITU should take the lead in establishing gender-relevant indicators for the telecommunication/ICT sector; d) that more work needs to be done to ensure that the gender perspective is included in all ITU policies, work programs, information dissemination activities, publications, study groups, seminars, workshops and conferences;