Why a Girls in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Portal?

Have you ever thought about a career in ICTs?  Don’t know how to get started?  This portal provides practical information on scholarship programs, internships, training opportunities, online networks, Girls in ICT Day activities and other resources.  Why look at the ICT sector?  One compelling reason is the predicted need for skilled professionals and the fact that many companies and organizations are actively seeking to hire highly skilled technical women.  This portal is designed to encourage girls and young women to prepare themselves for a career in ICT and inform parents, teachers and other stakeholders on why preparing for a career in ICTs is good for women and girls, good for business and good for societies.

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What is Girls in ICT Day?

لا يوجد نمط أو نموذج خاص لتنظيم فعاليات يوم الفتيات في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات. ويدعو الاتحاد ويشجع وزارات الاتصالات والتعليم والهيئات التنظيمية الوطنية وشركات القطاع الخاص والمؤسسات الأكاديمية والمنظمات غير الحكومية إلى تنظيم فعاليات محلية أو وطنية بشأن اليوم الدولي للفتيات في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات، تستهدف فيها المراهقات وطالبات الجامعات.

ويتمثل الهدف في دعوة المراهقات وطالبات الجامعات لقضاء يوم في مكاتب شركات تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات والوكالات الحكومية والمؤسسات الأكاديمية للاطلاع بشكل أفضل على الفرص التي يوفرها قطاع تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات لمستقبلهن. ويوصي الاتحاد بأن توجه الدعوة كذلك إلى المدرسين والموجهين المهنيين غير الملمين بالفرص التي يوفرها قطاع تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات. ومشاركة هؤلاء في الأنشطة التي تجري خلال يوم الفتيات في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات يمكن أن تكون أداة فعالة في زيادة الوعي بإمكانات القطاع. ولكي يكون هذا الاحتفال أكثر جذباً للفتيات والنساء المشاركات، يمكن دعوة نساء حققن نجاحات في وظائف في قطاع تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات لتقديم خبراتهن ومنح جوائز أو تقديم فرص لاكتساب خبرات عملية للمشاركات.

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 فقد عمد منظمو فعاليات الاحتفال باليوم الدولي للفتيات في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات في عام 2012 من شتى أنحاء العالم إلى استخدام طرائق جديدة ومبتكرة للاحتفال بهذا اليوم وإذكاء الوعي بالفرص المتاحة في قطاع تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات وتمكين الفتيات والشابات من خلال توعيتهنَّ بفرص العمل التي يمكنهنَّ الحصول عليها في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات. وقد نظم جميع المعنيين بتنظيم هذه الفعاليات أحداثاً خاصة بهم مصممة لتلائم احتياجاتهم والوسائل المتاحة لهم، وشمل كل من هذه الأحداث في معظمها من 20 إلى 500 فتاة. وقد نظم أحد البلدان أكثر من ألف حدث على الصعيد الوطني وقد أُتيح ذلك من خلال الدعم الحكومي رفيع المستوى المقدم على نطاق واسع ومن خلال التمويل المشترك من القطاعين العام والخاص. وقد بلغ عدد البلدان التي نظمت أحداثاً نحو 90 بلداً لتمكين أكثر من 30 000 فتاة في جميع أنحاء العالم.

ولِمَ لا نحاول الوصول إلى عدد أكبر من الفتيات والشابات في اليوم الدولي للفتيات في تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات لعام 2013؟ وقد ترغب بعض البلدان في تنظيم فعاليات في شتى أنحاء البلد على مستوى المدارس أو شركات تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات. وقد ترغب بلدان أخرى في تنظيم مجموعة فعاليات إقليمية، أو في تنظيم الحدث الأول من نوعه

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Girls in ICT Day events

  • Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    “Girls in ICT” International Day was celebrated in Kyrgyzstan for the first time.  The main goal of this event was to recruit girls and young women in ICT sector.  The  mission  of the event  was  to  organize  excursions, presentations  and  lectures on ICT, show its specifics and...
  • Belgrade, Serbia
      Celebrating of the Girls in ICT Day in Serbia
  • Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
    La 1ere célébration en Côte d’Ivoire de la Journée Internationale des Jeunes Filles dans le secteur des TIC a eu pour le thème « TIC, les filles le peuvent ! ». L’ONG Femmes & TIC a initié des évènements dans le but de promouvoir l’égalit...
  • Paramaribo, Suriname
    The Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Telecommunications in Suriname was the strength behind the project in the country. The latter-mentioned Ministry, in collaboration with other ministries, the regulatory authorities and telecom providers decided to bring girls in their last years of secondary school to Innovation lab at the University of...
  • Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Brazil
    On April 26, 2012 INATEL celebrated the “Girls in ICT Day” in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Brazil, and organized an event about the participation of women in the ICTs market. An ex-student of the Institute and director general of Brazil Spinner, Lanari Pollyanna, gave a lecture. Then there was a debate with the participation of...
  • Baku, Azerbaijan
    On 17 May 2012 the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan held a solemn ceremony dedicated to the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). Speaking at the opening ceremony of the event, the Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Iltimas...
  • Kampala, Uganda
    Founded in June 2005, the Commonwealth Peoples’ Association of Uganda (CPAUG) was duly registered as an NGO in December 2005 as a peoples’ organization, non-partisan, charitable organization based in Kampala and a Company Limited by Guarantee in April 2008. The mission of the Association is “To facilitate the effective...
  • Girls in ICT Day, Nigeria, e-Business Life Communication Limited
    The second edition of the International Girls in ICT Day in Nigeria was celebrated on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 by e-Business Life Communication Limited in Collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This year's celebration was flagged off with facility visits to Omatek Ventures Plc, one of Nigeria's leading OEM on...
  • Hhohho, Manzini & Shiselweni, Swaziland
    In the celebration of ‘Girls in ICT’ day the Swaziland Posts & telecommunications Corporation (SPTC), which directly reports to the Ministry of Information Communications & Technology (MoICT), the Swaziland Television Broadcasting Service (STBC) and the high schools in the Kingdom of Swaziland embarked on an outreach tour to...
  • Germany
    Every year in April, technical enterprises, enterprises with technical departments and technical training facilities, universities, and research centres organise an open day for girls – Girls'Day. In 2001 ‘Girls'Day – Future Prospects for Girls' initiated a large campaign in which a wide range of professions and...

Profiles of women role models

  • Neelie Kroes
    Vice President
    European Commission
    Neelie Kroes, born on 19 July 1941 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, is a Dutch politician and businessperson.
  • Anne Bouverot
    Director General
    GSMA, UK
    Anne Bouverot is Director General and Member of the Board of the GSMA.  Anne brings to the GSMA a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success in the highly dynamic mobile industry.  With a deep understanding of the opportunities and the challenges facing mobile operators today, she leads the GSMA in driving strategic...
  • Nirmita Narasimhan
    Programme Manager
    Centre for Internet and Society, India
    Nirmita Narasimhan is a Programme Manager with the Centre for Internet and Society and works on policy research and advocacy related to IP reform and technology access for persons with disabilities. She was awarded the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities by the President of India in recognition of her work in December 2010...
  • Elinor Axelrod
    Program Manager at Microsoft
    NEXT, Microsoft R&D Center, Israel
  • Carola Aliaga
    National Project Control and Governance Manager
    Ericsson, Tokyo, Japan
    In my years working on this sector I have encountered very few technical women, or women on management positions, most women work on support related roles (project administrators, finance support). Let me give you a brief summary of my experience.  When I started university my major was system's engineering, my...
  • Catherine Mahugu
    Co Founder-SasaAfrica
    SasaAfrica
    Catherine Mahugu is a graduate from University of Nairobi with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. She has been involved in various ICT for Development projects including Stanford University’s Nokia Africa Research Center Design Project building mobile applications targeting informal communities. Kate co-founded SasaAfrica, a...
  • Supriya Bhargavan
    IT Architect
    IBM, Canada
    Summary biography:  Worked as a lecturer in Computer Science at the Evelyn Hone College before completing a Masters in Computer Science at the University of Natal. Since my Masters I have worked in various domains as a programmer, team lead and later as an architect designing custom software solutions. Prior to moving to Canada I worked in...
  • Honorable Deborah Taylor Tate
    Special Envoy for ITU Child Online Protection Initiative/Former FCC Commissioner/Co-Chair US Healthy Media Commission (with Geena Davis)
    USA
    Twice nominated by US President, Unanimous confirmation by US Senate to Federal Communications Commissioner; Legal counsel and senior staff to 2 Governors, Chairman of Tennessee Regulatory Commission (regulated all utilities)
  • Farhana Rahman
    CEO & Chairperson at Upload Yourself Systems Ltd
    Upload Yourself Systems Ltd
    I was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ever since I was a little girl, I have dreamed to create my own business. I completed a Masters in the Nutrition sector, and started to work in a research organization.
  • Somto Fab-Ukozor
    Team Lead of MS2C (Mobile Skills to Cash)
    Orudii/ Nigeria
    Somto has a degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria. She is enthusiastic about using ICT as an innovative tool for youth development and empowerment. This led her to develop a project MS2C (Mobile Skills to Cash); a solution that uses mobile technology to connect young people to job...

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