Broadband Commission on Sustainable Development publishes digital inclusion reports related to gender equality, education and innovation
The Broadband Commission on Sustainable Development, established by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010, published three new reports for advancing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through ICTs. These…
Women in Canada celebrate National Learn to Code Day
National Learn to Code Day was celebrated on September 23rd in Canada. For the fifth year, the Ladies Learning Code not-for-profit organization led the celebration, which consisted in offering friendly digital skills training throughout the entire country. The event reached…
International Literacy Day goes digital
Today students can have access to a broad range of tools that, if used correctly, can enable them to think critically and solve problems through constant research and learning. As explained in a post by the American International School of…
Girls Got IT to encourage girls’ entrepreneurship in Lebanon
Girls Got IT event is an initiative supported by UNICEF through the Youth Innovation Labs program to promote digital literacy among girls in Akkar, Lebanon. The program consists in a forum where tech professionals and entrepreneurs shared their stories with…
Community Digital Classrooms leverage technology to empower girls from underserved communities in New Delhi, India
Plan India non-profit organization is dedicated to generating opportunities for children in underserved communities to learn skills that better prepare them for the future. One of its latest programs, launched in 2015 in partnership with Ericsson, consists in creating Community…
SoochnaPreneur program to train rural women entrepreneurs in New Delhi, India
The Digital Empowerment Foundation non-profit organization from New Delhi, India, will train 100 rural women entrepreneurs over the year. Participants will receive training in a variety of communication based tools to handle devices, generate content, build platforms and access online…
Three more initiatives to promote access to digital literacy and infrastructure in Argentina
A series of initiatives addressing digital inclusion and access to ICT infrastructure have taken place during the past few months in different regions of Argentina. Some of the most recent activities are: Digital Literacy workshops for beneficiaries of Argentina Trabaja…
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…