UNESCO and BMZ empowers rural girls and women through digital skills training
UNESCO and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) organized a side event on the margins of the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women called Cracking the code: Empowering rural women and girls through digital skills….
Connected Women released digital training modules for women in The Philippines
Connected Women Jobs signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Communications and Technology of The Philippines to provide women with access to a platform for digital skills training. The contents of the courses were generated by Facebook…
European Commission released a new report about Women in the Digital Age – evidence indicates there is still a growing gender digital divide
The European Commission released a new report titled “Women in the Digital Age,” which “aims to identify key factors and trends in the participation of women in ICT and its dynamics and analyses the practices enabling women’s participation in the…
Hogar Conectado pilot program launched in Mexico to evaluate impact of ICTs on underserved households
Hogar Conectado pilot program was launched in Mexico to better understand the impacts of access to digital skills infrastructure and technology on the population. While it is known that access to internet and ICTs represent opportunities to reduce poverty and…
Universal Service Fund empowers Pakistani Girls in ICT to strive in the digital economy
In December 2015, we published a post about Bait-ul-Mal and the national Universal Service Fund (USF) joining forces with Microsoft to launch its Girls in ICT program to help train 5000 girls. Two years later, the program has continued to…
Indian Public Library Movement launched new program to empower girls in tech
The Indian Public Library Movement (IPLM) launched a new program called Technology for Empowering Girls/Women (TEG) that will leverage libraries to provide women and girls with access to technology training. The program, created with the collaboration of American Express and…
Girl Guides Canada launched DeCode program to keep girls safe online
As the celebrations for the Safer Internet Day 2018 begin, Girl Guides Canada launched the new digital literacy program DeCode to help girls understand how to use technology for their daily lives in a safe manner. DeCode covers topics that…
300 girls to receive coding and entrepreneurship training
A digital literacy program called “Girls Can Code” launched in Ghana will train 300 young girls, 20 teachers and 10 Senior High Schools across the country in coding, entrepreneurship and other digital skills between January 2018 and August 2019. The…
Transputec Academy brings digital devices and literacy to rural villages in India
Transputec Academy is an initiative organized by Haven, a UK-based charity, to provide children from rural villages in West Bengal, India, with access to digital devices (such as laptops, tablets and PCs) and connectivity infrastructure. The project consists in sending…
MyFuture.net website developed by Boys & Girls Club helps children from USA to develop digital skills
Comcast NBC Universal and Boys & Girls Club – one of the largest after-school providers of digital literacy training for children in the United States with more than 4,300 clubs around the country – developed MyFuture.net, a website which offers…