After the Egyptian government cracked down on citizens using the Internet in 2011, Huslage was again inspired, and he started Tethr, a company that makes shoe-box-size open-source hardware and software to get people on the phone and online from anywhere in the world.
Tethr has the hardware necessary to connect to the net via satellite modem, Wi-Fi, 3G, ethernet, and even dial-up.
The 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women is taking place this week in New York City, with the core theme of: “Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work.”<
