| 词条 | Karen Banks |
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LifeIn 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 operations director.[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] On November 16 2018, Banks was recognised with the Oxford Internet Institute Award [7] for her lifetime achievements in using information and communication technologies for social change. References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/2013 | title=2013 Inductees | website=Internet Hall of Fame | accessdate=23 June 2016}} {{Internet Hall of Fame}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, Karen}}{{UK-compu-bio-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/karen-banks | title=Karen Banks | website=Internet Hall of Fame | accessdate=23 June 2016}} 3. ^{{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}} 4. ^{{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}} 5. ^{{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}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Karen Banks: Board Member|url=https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/33|website=Privacy International|accessdate=23 June 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Oxford Internet Institute Award|url=https://awards.oii.ox.ac.uk/|website=Oxford Internet Institute|accessdate=16 November 2018}} 4 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|British computer specialists|Women Internet pioneers |
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