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…
G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Declaration provides insights on promoting digital literacy and addressing the gender divide
Ministers during the 6-7 April 2017 G20 meeting in Düsseldorf agreed a G20 Ministerial Declaration entitled “Shaping Digitalisation for an Interconnected World”. The Ministerial Declaration includes several annexes, including a new plan called “A Roadmap for Digitalization: Policies for the…
USA: Women in ICT By the Numbers
The National Center for Women in Information Technologies in USA released new statistics related to female participation in the field of ICTs. In the midst of the Girls in ICT Day 2017, the relevance of this study is to provide…
Eurostat Data reveals status of Women in Tech in Europe to celebrate Girls in ICT Day 2017
According to information recently released by Eurostat, girls represented only 17% of the 1.4 million people studying Information and Communication Technologies in the European Union in 2015. This pattern was similar to the one found in the labor market, in…
Three events to promote women in ICT in Bermuda
On April 27, three events will take place in Bermuda to recognize women in Information and Communication Technologies. The first two events are competitions for students aged 11-16 to promote the interest of girls in pursuing STEM related careers in…