Karen Banks

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]

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

  1. "2013 Inductees". Internet Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Karen Banks". Internet Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. "Finance, administration and human resources". Association for Progressive Communications. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. "APC WNSP's Karen Banks Wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact". Association for Progressive Communications. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. "ABIE Award Winners, Social Impact: Karen Banks". Anita Borg Institute. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  6. "Karen Banks: Board Member". Privacy International. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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