EU countries commit to boost participation of women in digital
At Digital Day on 9 April 2019, 26 European Member States and Norway have signed the Declaration of commitment on Women in Digital. The aim is to raise the political priority of women’s under-representation in the digital economy. The declaration,…
Applications open for The Code To Change 2016 program
The ICT sector is rapidly growing, providing significant job opportunities for skilled ICT professionals. In the US and Europe alone, over 2 million computing-related jobs are estimated to be available by 2020 (European Commission and NCWIT). Furthermore, digital technologies have…
#BuiltByGirls challenges girls to pitch their tech-enabled solutions
Last July 19th, AOL launched the #BUILTBYGIRLS initiative to “call for young women to use the power of technology to conceptualize tech-enabled solutions to the problems facing the #62million girls without access to education”. There are two possible ways of…
Participation of Girls in ICT continues to grow in main US universities
According to a recent article published by Tech Crunch, male domination over STEM related courses seems to be coming to an end in top US schools. Universities such as UC Berkeley, Stanford or Harvey Mudd College have significantly increased the…
Entrepreneurship, business and girls in ICT
On April 28, as part of the International Girls in ICT Day celebrations, a group of 12-13 year old girls in London visited Wayra, Telefonica’s start-up accelerator, in order to participate in a series of activities and interact with technology…
Raspberry Pi Foundation brings Picademy free training courses to the USA
Raspberry Pi is a small and affordable piece of hardware designed in the UK in 2008, intended to facilitate students to learn programming skills and build things. Since 2014, the UK education secretary adapted its computing curriculum to include early…
Microsoft DigiGirlz Days and High Tech Camps to teach digital skills and provide technology career guidance for girls
During the first week of April 2016, the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) collaborated with Microsoft to organize the DigiGirlz Technology training session at Kitante Hill School in Kampala, Uganda. The workshop gathered female students from diverse secondary schools…
Saint Lucia celebrates International Girls in ICT Day by training female entrepreneurs in Digital Marketing
Preparing to celebrate International Girls in ICT Day, the Saint Lucia Coalition of Services & Industry (SLCSI) in collaboration with the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) have launched a campaign consisting of a series of activities that will take…
Gender-driven Hackatons to promote ICT girl empowerment
Promoting gender empowerment and equality through ICT is not just a matter of teaching basic skills to decrease the digital divide, but also of getting women involved in high-skill technology related careers. In order to address gender differences in the…
Australian Department of Communications and the Arts invites government agencies to support International Girls in ICT Day
Based on the fact that females make up only 28% of Australia’s ICT’s workforce, the Australian Department of Communication and Arts has invited other government agencies to promote International Girls in ICT Day on 28 April 2016 under the theme…
