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Susan Schorr

Susan Schorr, Head ITU Special Initiatives Division, leads the digital inclusion work of ITU to promote ICT accessibility and use among women and girls, youth and children, persons with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples. She directed development of the ITU report, “Digital opportunities: Innovative ICT Solutions for Youth Employment” and leads the ITU International Girls in ICT Day campaign, raising awareness about ICT career opportunities among young women and girls. Ms. Schorr is the architect of the ITU Girls in ICT Portal, which includes a host of resources for women pursuing tech careers, and leads the joint ITU-Telecentre.org Foundation Women’s Digital Literacy Campaign that has trained over 1 million women at the bottom of the development pyramid to become digitally literate. Her latest project is a model policy report to promote ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities. Prior to joining ITU she practiced antitrust law in Washington, D.C. and was graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center.