GE Balance the Equation to hire 20,000 women in STEM roles by 2020
General Electric’s campaign launched in February 2017 aims to get 20,000 women hired for STEM related jobs in USA by 2020 in order to achieve a 50% gender balance in entry-level technical programs. Through this initiative, the organization seeks to…
Mozilla Club of Hackathon Girls to empower women in Gambia
A new Mozilla Club of Hackathon Girls was created in Banjul, Gambia’s capital, at the American Corner in Kairaba Avenue. The main purpose of this organization is to empower girls through access to technology resources and web literacy for further…
Group of Armenian high school girls designs Armenian Sign Language Application
Armenian Sign Language is a new application created by One Step Ahead team, comprised of 18-year-old girls from different schools in Yerevan. The project, created during a time range of one year, was selected as winner for the Technovation Challenge…
8 groups receive funding to advance digital literacy in Philadelphia
A coalition of organizations called the Digital Literacy Alliance announced earlier in 2017 the conformation of a seed fund worth $850,000 USD for providing grants to organizations that promote digital literacy in Philadelphia, USA. Last June 7, the first eight…
Girls in ICT workshop organized by Nigerian Women in Information Technology (NIWIIT)
The Nigerian Women in Information Technology (NIWIIT) group organized a hands-on workshop to train women and young girls in ICT skills as part of its 3rd national conference related to “Women and ICT: Veritable tools for Sustainable Economy.” The first…
Second edition of CódigoX 2017 to attract Mexican girls and women into STEM fields
The second edition of “CódigoX 2017: girls and women, the future of technology” took place during the first week of June in Mexico to address the gender divide in the field of ICTs. This initiative, organized by the Office of…
WSIS Forum 2017 to take place June 12-16 in Switzerland
The World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2017 will take place next June 12-16 at Geneva, Switzerland. As the world’s largest annual gathering dedicated to promoting multi-stakeholder collaboration for global ICT development. It is organized by the International…
Second phase of UNESCO’s initiative will provide 50,000 women in Nigeria with ICT skills
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the second phase of its project to empower 50,000 girls and women from low-performing junior secondary schools in Bauchi, Nigeria with ICT skills in 2017. This initiative will provide continuity…
#eSkills4Girls Africa targets digital divide through public-private collaboration
A group of female tech leaders shared their experiences during last #eSkills4Girls Africa Meetup in the beginning of May 2017, held before Transform Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The main purpose of the event was to share experiences and knowledge…
Girl Geek Academy launches training for primary education teachers in Australia
Girl Geek Academy launched a teacher training course to better prepare professionals for showing girls aged 5 to 8 how to code. The training program called #MissMakesCode was presented to the public at the Customs House in Sydney through a…