State Dept.’s first all-women technology delegation heads to W. Africa this weekend

Written by GIRL WHO ROCK | Saturday, February 26th, 2011

The State Department announced Friday that its first all-female technology delegation ever would be in Liberia and Sierra Leone from Feb. 27-March 4.

The eight women will focus on increasing access to mobile phones for women and girls, as part of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mWomen initiative, which launched last October.

In 2005, Liberia elected Africa’s first female president.

The women in the delegation include:

• Jessica Verrilli
  Corporate Development & Strategic Initiatives, Twitter
• Leila C. Janah
  Founder, Samasource
• Anne-Marie Slaughter
  University Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University;
  Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State 2009-2011 
  
• Trina DasGupta
  Marketing and Strategy consultant
• Susan McCue
  President, Message Global
• Katie Dowd
  New Media Director, U.S. Department of State

You can follow the trip on Twitter at #womenstechdel.

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