Pwani Teknowgalz teaches coding to girls to bridge the gender digital divide
An article from Tech Weez introduced Ruth Kaveke, co-founder and executive director at Pwani Teknowgalz a non-profit organization which aims to bridge the gender STEM divide in Kenya. The organization is recognized for training over 800 girls in high schools…
Colombia’s MinTIC announced the launch of Yoendigital platform to train women entrepreneurs in Bogotá
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC) of Colombia announced the incoming launch of Yoendigital program focused on bridging the gender digital divide in the country. With support from the local Ministry of Women, the Spanish Agency for International…
Digital skills training for women and children in Philippines
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of Philippines released an announcement highlighting two digital inclusion trainings launched amid the National Information and Communications (NICT) Month 2018. The two courses were named “Women and Mobile: Bridging the Gender Gap”…
Close to 70% Ivorian women enlisted for Orange Foundation’s Digital Homes program are now certified digital entrepreneurs
Orange Foundation Ivory Coast announced that close to 70% of the beneficiaries of the Digital Homes (Maisons Digitales) program for vulnerable women entrepreneurs finished the course and received certificates for their accomplishment. Out of a goal of empowering 1,000 women…
GirlCode launches competition to grow women-owned small and medium tech organizations in South Africa
GirlCode is a South African organization created in 2014 to empower girls and young women through technology. This social enterprise was first created as a women only hackathon and has grown into multiple supportive programs to promote digital skills advancement…
Digital skills training to empower Samoan youth
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Samoa launched an ICT skills training to empower sixty unemployed youths. The pilot project, implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Community and Social Development (MWCSD), and the National University of…
Digital literacy program will teach 60,000 Indian women how to navigate safely and discern credible information
Facebook launched a pilot program to provide 60,000 women across Indian universities with access to digital literacy skills and awareness training over a period of one year. This initiative will be organized in partnership with the National Commission for Women…
Microsoft #MakeWhatsNext campaign advocated for European Girls in ICT
During the last edition of the Girls in ICT Day on April 2018, Microsoft launched a series of 17 #MakeWhatsNext events to boost the involvement of girls in the technology industry across 16 European countries. Participation during the events reached…
DigiGirlz Day in Malta invites 80 girls to meet ICT role models
Microsoft invited 80 students to Digigirlz Day in Malta, where women in the tech industry shared their views to attract young women into the STEM fields. The event enabled girls to explore different technology skills, listen to stories of success,…
Turkish government and Google launch program to increase digital skills of women village leaders
The government of Turkey and Google launched a digital literacy program that assimilates the Internet Saathi initiative in India, according to the newspaper Daily Sabah. During its first phase, women who are neighborhood and village leaders will be taught how…