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Oklahoma Makes Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities the Law

July 31, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Persons with disabilities

Oklahoma passed the Electronic Information Technology Accessibility (EITA) Act in 2005, to mandate that state digital services are accessible for persons with disabilities. Since 2005, this act has had far-reaching effects in the state, beyond government services. It has, for…

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Ofcom Consultation on EPG Accessibility for People with Visual Impairments

July 31, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Persons with disabilities

Ofcom hopes to improve the accessibility of electronic programme guides (EPGs), given the difficulty people with visual impairments currently have using many of them. They are holding a consultation until 30 September, 2015 on EPG accessibility for people with visual…

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Indian Government Makes 6,000 of its Websites Accessible

July 31, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Persons with disabilities

The government of India plans to make 6,000 government websites accessible to persons with disabilities, as part of its Accessibility India Campaign. 3,000 of these websites are set to become accessible within one year. The Department of Empowerment of Persons…

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Huawei’s Commitment to Employment and Digital Literacy for Young People and Girls

July 31, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

Huawei supports youth employment in Africa with a particular focus on women and girls. They recently sponsored five girls’ trip to China through their She Leads Africa Fellowship. One recipient, Danielle Reid, developed Sterio.me, which caught the attention of Lesotho’s…

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Silicon Savannah: The New High-Tech Hub

July 31, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure, Youth and children

The Global Entrepreneurship Summit, held in Kenya and hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, is coming up, solidifying Kenya’s role as a hub for tech startups. Combined with Facebook’s recent expansion in and venture capital funds directing investments to Africa,…

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Robotics for Toddlers

July 30, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, ICTs for education, Youth and children

More and more people support teaching kids to code from an early age, but how early can children learn such skills? According to ThinkFun, the company behind the new board game Robot Turtles, even 4-year-olds can learn to code using…

New Tech Center for Persons with Disabilities in India

July 29, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, ICTs for education, Persons with disabilities

The National Institute of Speech and Hearing and Federal Bank of India are supporting higher education for persons with disabilities by building an Assistive Technology Center in the country. Vijaya Raghavan, Director and state planning board member of the National…

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Hands On, Local Language Coding Classes

July 29, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls, Youth and children

Anastasia Siapka and Maria Dermetzi, two young women, aged 21 and 22 respectively, from Salonica Law School in Greece, wanted to become entrepreneurs. They knew that to fulfill this dream, they would need to learn to code. They also noticed…

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Getting More Girls into STEM

July 28, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

Drew Jarvis, an “educator, former scientific researcher, politician and President of Southeastern University,” is an advocate of getting more girls to follow STEM paths. She has some ideas for how to include more women. She thinks an interest in STEM…

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India’s 14-Year Old Girls Who Code

July 28, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Remote/underserved areas, Women and girls, Youth and children

Pre-college girls in India are designing apps to solve community challenges. Five of these girls recently visited San Francisco to pitch their app, which is a “mobile marketplace for waste” and recycling, at the Technovation World Pitch Challenge. This challenge…

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