{"id":3406,"date":"2017-01-27T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/?post_type=person&#038;p=3406"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:36:04","slug":"dorothy-gordon","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/person\/dorothy-gordon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Gordon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dorothy Gordon is a specialist in digital technologies for development. She has over two decades of leadership in this field, working mainly in Africa and Asia on diverse projects and programmes to support greater engagement and action to achieve the SDGs while exploring the impact of technology on society.<\/p>\n<p>She sits on a number of Boards including the <a href=\"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/\">UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education<\/a>, 5Rights Foundation, Linux Professional Institute and Yoti. She also supports start-ups and purpose driven innovation as a Board Member and National Expert for <a href=\"https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/about-wsa\/\">WSA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her extensive experience within the United Nations is complemented by work in the private sector and with civil society organisations globally. She is a pan-africanist and a feminist. Her key area of interest is policy and practice in technology innovation with a focus on inclusion and equity. Presently her focus is on gender, education technology (EdTech) and future of technology including ethics and security of frontier technologies (AI etc.). 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