Mozilla announces two commitments for accessibility to support Global Connect Initiative
The Global Connect Initiative global actions is a multistakeholder group of more than 100 participants from over 27 countries under the lead of the U.S. State Department and the World Bank. This program combines the efforts from the public, private…
Ghana’s Ministry of Communications to train 1,000 Girls in ICT for celebrating the Girls in ICT Day
As part of Ghana’s Girls in ICT program, the Ministry of Communications has started to train 1,000 girls from 12 northern districts in skills related to Information and Communication Technologies. This initiative sums another effort to several programs that are…
Bermuda joins to the international global Girls in ICT celebration
In order to commemorate the International Girls in ICT Day, Bermuda’s Department of E-Commerce will prepare three competitions that will finish with a ceremony in April 28. The main purpose of this action is to raise awareness and encourage girls…
Coding bootcamps: A strategy for youth employment in developing countries
“Coding bootcamps: A strategy for youth employment in developing countries” is the latest International Telecommunication Union’s Digital Inclusion report. It will be launched in the beginning of May, during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva, Switzerland….
Raspberry Pi Foundation brings Picademy free training courses to the USA
Raspberry Pi is a small and affordable piece of hardware designed in the UK in 2008, intended to facilitate students to learn programming skills and build things. Since 2014, the UK education secretary adapted its computing curriculum to include early…
TalentWorks online tool to guide accessible e-recruitment practices
The U.S. Department of Labor with the support of the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) launched TalentWorks, a free online resource that provides guidance for organizations to ensure their web-based job applications and recruiting processes are accessible for…
TactiX Tactile Smartphone to address the needs of persons with vision disabilities
During the last few years, mobile technologies have been acquiring each day more importance in our daily lives. However, access to these devices is still limited for 285 million persons with visual impairments all over the world. In order to…
Microsoft DigiGirlz Days and High Tech Camps to teach digital skills and provide technology career guidance for girls
During the first week of April 2016, the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) collaborated with Microsoft to organize the DigiGirlz Technology training session at Kitante Hill School in Kampala, Uganda. The workshop gathered female students from diverse secondary schools…
Intergenerational Bootcamps to bridge digital divide in Singapore
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) Silver Infocomm Initiative is a program designed to enhance the digital skills of seniors and provide them with available equipment for access to the web. The benefits offered by the organization consist in…
55,000 students in Bangladesh will be trained to develop careers in InformationTechnologies
Last Saturday, April 2nd more than 2,000 students from around 100 high schools took part in the National High School Programming Contest 2016 at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology. During the inaugural session, Shahriar Alam, State Minister for Foreign…
