Today I would also like to talk about the empowerment of women in the information and communication technologies, ICT, sector - an area which we tend to overlook quite often - and, in the process, link it to the educational and economic opportunities for the empowerment of women. We need to more strongly encourage girls to enter this previously male- dominated field of study, that is telecommunications and the world of technology in general. We must also encourage more young women to begin to enter this area at the tertiary level of education.