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EU countries commit to boost participation of women in digital

April 10, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

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

Applications open for The Code To Change 2016 program

September 21, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Women and girls

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

July 26, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICTs for education, Women and girls, Youth and children

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

July 25, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICTs for education, Women and girls, Youth and children

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

May 13, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Women and girls

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

April 23, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Women and girls

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

April 21, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Women and 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

April 20, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Women and girls

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

April 19, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Women and girls

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

April 18, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Women and girls

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…

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Since 2011, over 357,000 girls and young women have taken part in more than 11,100 celebrations of International Girls in ICT Day in 171 countries. The event will next be celebrated on April 2019.

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