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'''Karen Banks''' is a British computer networking pioneer who was inducted to the [[Internet Hall of Fame]] in 2013 as a "Global Connector".<ref name=hall-2013>{{cite web | url=http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/2013 | title=2013 Inductees | website=Internet Hall of Fame | accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=hall-bio>{{cite web | url=http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/karen-banks | title=Karen Banks | website=Internet Hall of Fame | accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> |
'''Karen Banks''' is a British computer networking pioneer who was inducted to the [[Internet Hall of Fame]] in 2013 as a "Global Connector".<ref name=hall-2013>{{cite web | url=http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/2013 | title=2013 Inductees | website=Internet Hall of Fame | accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=hall-bio>{{cite web | url=http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/karen-banks | title=Karen Banks | website=Internet Hall of Fame | accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> |
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== Life == |
== Life == |
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In the 1990s she maintained GnFido, a pioneering gateway run by non-profit [[Internet Service Provider|ISP]] [[GreenNet]], which used [[store and forward]] techniques to provide otherwise unavailable internet access for individuals and organisations across Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe.GreenNet was a founder member of the [[Association for Progressive Communications]] (APC), and Banks was one of the founders of its Women's Networking Support Programme (WNSP) in 1993 and its coordinator 1996-2004. At the United Nations [[Fourth World Conference on Women]] in 1995 the WNSP provided web access and email for 10,000 delegates, many of whom had never seen a web page before. From 1998 to 2001 Banks coordinated APC's global Internet rights work in Europe, and she became network development manager in 2004. She is now APC's finance manager.<ref name=hall-bio /><ref>{{cite web|title=Finance, administration and human resources|url=http://www.apc.org/en/about/management/finance-administration-and-human-resources|publisher=[[Association for Progressive Communications]]|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> |
In the 1990s she maintained GnFido, a pioneering gateway run by non-profit [[Internet Service Provider|ISP]] [[GreenNet]], which used [[store and forward]] techniques to provide otherwise unavailable internet access for individuals and organisations across Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe.GreenNet was a founder member of the [[Association for Progressive Communications]] (APC), and Banks was one of the founders of its [[Women's Networking Support Programme]] (WNSP) in 1993 and its coordinator 1996-2004. At the United Nations [[Fourth World Conference on Women]] in 1995 the WNSP provided web access and email for 10,000 delegates, many of whom had never seen a web page before. From 1998 to 2001 Banks coordinated APC's global Internet rights work in Europe, and she became network development manager in 2004. She is now APC's finance manager.<ref name=hall-bio /><ref>{{cite web|title=Finance, administration and human resources|url=http://www.apc.org/en/about/management/finance-administration-and-human-resources|publisher=[[Association for Progressive Communications]]|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> |
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In 2004 she was given the Anita Borg Award for Social Impact by the [[Anita Borg Institute]], in recognition of "significant and sustained contributions in technology".<ref>{{cite web|title=APC WNSP’s Karen Banks Wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact|url=https://www.apc.org/en/press/apc-wnsp-s-karen-banks-wins-anita-borg-award-socia|publisher=[[Association for Progressive Communications]]|accessdate=23 June 2016|date=5 October 2004}}</ref><ref name="ABI">{{cite web|title=ABIE Award Winners, Social Impact: Karen Banks|url=http://anitaborg.org/profiles/abie-award-winners/karen-banks/|publisher=[[Anita Borg Institute]]|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> |
In 2004 she was given the Anita Borg Award for Social Impact by the [[Anita Borg Institute]], in recognition of "significant and sustained contributions in technology".<ref>{{cite web|title=APC WNSP’s Karen Banks Wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact|url=https://www.apc.org/en/press/apc-wnsp-s-karen-banks-wins-anita-borg-award-socia|publisher=[[Association for Progressive Communications]]|accessdate=23 June 2016|date=5 October 2004}}</ref><ref name="ABI">{{cite web|title=ABIE Award Winners, Social Impact: Karen Banks|url=http://anitaborg.org/profiles/abie-award-winners/karen-banks/|publisher=[[Anita Borg Institute]]|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> |
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Karen Banks is a British computer networking pioneer who was inducted to the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013 as a "Global Connector".[1][2]
Life
In the 1990s she maintained GnFido, a pioneering gateway run by non-profit ISP GreenNet, which used store and forward techniques to provide otherwise unavailable internet access for individuals and organisations across Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe.GreenNet was a founder member of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), and Banks was one of the founders of its Women's Networking Support Programme (WNSP) in 1993 and its coordinator 1996-2004. At the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 the WNSP provided web access and email for 10,000 delegates, many of whom had never seen a web page before. From 1998 to 2001 Banks coordinated APC's global Internet rights work in Europe, and she became network development manager in 2004. She is now APC's finance manager.[2][3]
In 2004 she was given the Anita Borg Award for Social Impact by the Anita Borg Institute, in recognition of "significant and sustained contributions in technology".[4][5]
She is a board member of Privacy International[6]
References
- ^ "2013 Inductees". Internet Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Karen Banks". Internet Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Finance, administration and human resources". Association for Progressive Communications. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "APC WNSP's Karen Banks Wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact". Association for Progressive Communications. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "ABIE Award Winners, Social Impact: Karen Banks". Anita Borg Institute. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Karen Banks: Board Member". Privacy International. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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