There are no women included in the U.S. State Department’s “New Media Technology” delegation in Iraq, an initiative aimed at helping the country effectively use new media as it rebuilds. Nine social media executives are traveling on the delegation (thanks to PWVer Lorelei Kelly for the tip!):
Jared Cohen, a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy and Planning staff, is leading the “New Media Technology” delegation to Iraq. Participants include:
- Jason Lieberman, Chief Executive Officer-Founder, Howcast
- David Nassar, Vice President, Blue State Digital
- Scott Heiferman, Chief Executive Officer, MeetUp
- Raanan Bar-Cohen, Vice President, Automattic/WordPress
- Richard Robbins, Director of Social Innovation, AT&T
- Jack Dorsey, Chairman-Founder, Twitter
- Kannan Pashupathy, Director of International Engineering Operations, Google
- Ahmad Hamzawi, Head of Engineering, Middle East/North Africa, Google
- Hunter Walk, Head of Product Development, YouTube
- Steven Levy, Senior Writer, Wired Magazine
In 2009 there are 95.9 million men online and 103.2 million women online; that means that women are 51.8% of all internet users. Where are the women in this important U.S. delegation?
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Jen Nedeau has a great post here, suggesting a number of women that could have been included:
http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/new_media_delegation_seeks_innovation_but_not_diversity