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#STHinConversation Women Leveraging Technology to Innovate & Disrupt Tourism Ms Judi Nwokedi Ms Nwabisa Mayema Ms Kim Whitaker Dr Stella Bvuma Ms Velma Corcoran Tourvest Branson Center for UbuntuBeds Applied Information STH BOARD MEMBER Entrepreneurship Systems, UJ Regional Representative for Airbnb in Africa

A Global Overview Tourism education and training promote gender Women are leaders in the tourism sector and are equality and women's empowerment in the Tourism provides decent work for women represented and influential in decision-making sector spaces GENDER DECENT WORK & PEACE, JUSTICE & GENDER GENDER QUALITY EQUALITY ECONOMIC STRONG EQUALITY EQUALITY EDUCATION GROWTH INSTITUTIONS Women's tourism business lead to women's Tourism empowers women to work collectively - 45.3% of graduates in services worldwide were economic empowerment for justice and gender equality women, somewhat less than the proportion of all PEACE, JUSTICE & NO GENDER GENDER tertiary graduates who were women (53.7%). STRONG POVERTY EQUALITY EQUALITY INSTITUTIONS Source: UNWTO - Global Report on Women in Toursm , https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284420384

A Global Overview Source: UNWTO - Global Report on Women in Toursm , https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284420384

Digital Platforms & Technology Source: World Economic Forum( 2017) www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/08/women-in-tech-gender-parity/.

Global Report on Women in Tourism - Focus Education & Training Employment Entrepreneurship Community & Leadership & Source: UNWTO - Global Report on Women in Toursm , Girl Society Decision Making https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284420384

Quality Education & Gender Equity Targeted gender-sensitive training and access to appropriate technology offer exciting opportunities for women innovation and empowerment. Investment in skills training for women across the sector, lead to greater outcomes for gender equality

Webinar Key Takeaways Solve our daily Transformation has to Mentor others and remain central to challenges Women play realise what you have Women do it changing sector for themselves different roles Build your People remain at networks and Importance of the centre thereby your own Girl Hustle resilience purpose Data is a barrier for township and rural Adapt to rapid enterprises technological Lifelong and societal Technology is an learning changes enabler Education Defeat not an important option Take ICT to townships and rural areas

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