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Innovation Challenge on Technology for Seniors

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Seniors

In response to the 605 million increase in the population of citizens 60 and older since 2000, IBM and HealthXL are responding to the challenges posed in caring for an aging population in Australia. There is a particular need for…

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Assistive Technology for Senior Citizens

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Persons with disabilities, Seniors

According to the World Health Organization, two billion of the world’s population will be over 60 by 2050. Barbara Beskind, 91, is working to make life easier for this segment of the population. Since the 1930s, Ms. Beskind has designed…

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Travel Websites Tech Girls to Code

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, ICTs for education, Women and girls

People tend to think of tech companies as the biggest champions of girls learning code. However, other companies are joining the cause, such as travel sites Expedia and TripAdvisor. They joined Girls Who Code this year in delivering its seven-week…

Role Models for Women in Tech

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

Female technology role models are important to help get more women and girls into STEM studies and careers. Check out these 11 inspiring ICT superstars. Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, born in 1815. Anita Borg, an American computer scientist…

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Changes for Women in Tech Despite Lack of Dramatic Increase in Numbers

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

Dr. Sue Black , a computer scientist and researcher at University College London, recently shared her experience with the Guardian regarding the changing environment for women in computer science. Dr. Black remembers hearing that women were not as good as…

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Spotlight on ELLE Magazine’s 2015 Women in Tech

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

Every year, ELLE Magazine honors the accomplishments of women in technology. This year’s edition featured the following inspirational women:   Julia Hartz, Cofounder, Eventbrite, a former TV executive who founded the online ticketing company which is currently worth $1 billion….

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Google Impact Challenge

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Persons with disabilities, Remote/underserved areas

Google’s Impact Challenge seeks to “build awareness, identify solutions and help create universal access” for the one billion people with disabilities in the world (statistics from WHO). According to figures from UN agencies such as UNICEF, the WHO, and others,…

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Smashing Stereotypes with Girls Who Code

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

Andrea Gonzales, 17, was told by her friends that coding is “well, kinda nerdy.” Natasha Driver, another high schooler from New York agrees that she believed the stereotype that only nerdy boys coded until recently. Given that less than 1%…

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Fashionable Coding

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

Jewelbots teaches girls to code with friendship bracelets. Girls can use their iPhone to code these bracelets to light up different colors or send messages. The startup holds hackathons in New York and San Francisco for girls to learn such…

Ghana Legally Protects Citizens with Disabilities

July 27, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Persons with disabilities

Ghana recently included persons with disabilities in its National Social Protection Strategy and Poverty Reduction interventions in an effort to improve their quality of life and allow them to fully participate in the growth of the country. At the UN…

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