the United States with her husband so she could continue her work improving information access for women, one of her initial goals as a young researcher. Since retiring from academia, Hafkin still acts as a keynote speaker and gives lectures on the empowerment and participation of women in information technology. Writing Nancy Hafkin edited Cinderella or Cyberella?: Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society, which was published in 2006 - a collection of essays discussing ways that information and communications technologies empower women. Awards The APC (headquartered in Johannesburg) established the annual Nancy Hafkin Prize for innovation in information technology in Africa which recognizes outstanding initiatives using information and communications technology (ICTs) for development. In 2012, Hafkin was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society. Bibliography Cinderella or Cyberella? Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society, editors Nancy Hafkin and Sophia Huyer (Kumarian Press, 2006) References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people South African computer scientists South African women computer scientists South African women scientists 21st-century women scientists Internet pioneers Women Internet pioneers 21st-century South African scientists