This month, TechWomen Impact Coach Fatema Kothari participated in a webinar held by the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union and UNICEF. Fatema, a senior program manager at Microsoft, is currently serving on the UN’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, a group assembled by the UN Secretary-General to provide recommendations on optimizing the use of digital technologies internationally. Fatema serves as a key constituent for the group focused on global connectivity.
In the webinar, Digital Cooperation during COVID-19 and beyond, Fatema delivered a statement highlighting the COVID-19 response efforts of Microsoft’s Airband Initiative to keep critical internet connectivity available in rural areas during the crisis. The Airband Initiative is working to close the rural broadband gap, providing affordable broadband access to communities around the world.
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Fatema Kothari
4/27/20
