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For Women and Girls:  Explore ICT Opportunities

This part of the Girls in ICT Portal contains links to scholarships, contests and awards, training and internships, online networks, tech camps, information about national Girls in ICT Day events and other initiatives to encourage and support women and girls to enter the ICT sector.  Please note that any questions you may have about any of the listed programs should be directed to the program provider.

For Academia, Companies, Governments and Organizations: Help Keep the Portal Current

ITU encourages academic institutions, companies, government and aid agencies, NGOs, and others that offer scholarships, contests and awards, training and internships, online networks, tech camps, and Girls in ICT Day events to add new programs and update the information posted here to keep it current.  All you need to do is register and add or edit information about your program.  The Girls in ICT Portal administrator will review your content before posting it to the public.

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Users can filter the resources in line with their own needs.  You can filter by type of program and the region and country in which the program is offered. You will find countries listed under the relevant region. Programs offered globally or which are not specific to one region can be found by using the global program filter.  You may refine the search to best meet your needs.

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Records Found: 376
posted on:09/04/15
program(s):
Training and internships
Online networks
Mentoring and Shadowing
location(s):
North America
United States
Code Chix

CodeChix - cool developers and brainy chicks meeting face-to-face and gadget-to-gadget in a non-alpha, language/os agnostic, supportive environment and creating great things…

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Training and internships
Online networks
location(s):
United Kingdom
Europe and the CIS
Code First: Girls

CodeFirst Girls teaches technical and soft skills to girls and offers a support community for girls and young women in technology, as well as helps tech companies with training and improving gender diversity in hiring.

posted on:02/06/15
program(s):
Tech camps
location(s):
South Africa
Africa
Code for Cape Town

Code4CT is a holiday program for high school girls in Capte Town. The participants will learn how to build websites and solve challenges. At the end of the program, theywill pitch the website theybuilt to clients.

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Training and internships
Mentoring and Shadowing
location(s):
North America
United States
Code for Progress

Year-long fellowship to train women and people of color in coding and design. Includes housing and living stipends followed by a mentoring period.
 

posted on:07/08/15
program(s):
Training and internships
location(s):
Greece
Europe and the CIS
Code it like a Girl

Code it like a Girl teaches seminars in Greek in basic HTML and CSS for girls.

posted on:08/02/16
program(s):
Other
location(s):
Australia
Code like a girl

Code Like a Girl aims to introduce like-minded girls who are involved in the tech industry and/or enjoy coding. It organizes events during the year aimed at bringing together girls with a passion and interest in technology.

posted on:02/06/15
program(s):
Training and internships
Online networks
Other
location(s):
Global Programs
Code.org

Launched in 2013, Code.org® is a non-profit dedicated to expanding participation in computer science by making it available in more schools, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented students of color. Code.org offers a wide range of resources that students and educators can use to learn and teach computer science. 

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Training and internships
Mentoring and Shadowing
location(s):
North America
United States
United Kingdom
Europe and the CIS
Codebar.io

Codebar hosts workshops for women learning to code, matching a small group of students with a coach for each session.

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Scholarships
Training and internships
location(s):
Canada
North America
CodeCore Scholarship for Women

Coding bootcamp that offers $500 scholarships for women.

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Scholarships
Training and internships
location(s):
North America
United States
Codefellows Diversity Scholarships

This coding bootcamp offers USD$250,000 worth of scholarships for women, minorities and veterans accepted into its intermediate software development and advanced software development courses.

posted on:08/02/16
program(s):
Training and internships
location(s):
United States
CodeNow

Partnering with tech companies across the US they deliver fundamental programming skills to underrepresented youth through the CodeNow in a Box program. Partner companies receive the tools, training, and resources they need to implement programming workshops for community youth. Interested students (High school students from grades 9 to 12) can apply online and, if selected, participate in pre-work and workshop workshops based on the programming language Ruby.

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Scholarships
Training and internships
location(s):
North America
United States
Codeup Scholarships for women

Offers a $5,000 scholarship for its full-stack bootcamp and two $1,000 scholarships for its front-end bootcamps.

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Scholarships
Training and internships
location(s):
North America
United States
CodeUp Scholarships for Women

This coding bootcamp offers two scholarships for women.

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Scholarships
Training and internships
location(s):
North America
United States
Coding Campus

10% off tuition for female coding bootcamp participants.

posted on:22/11/15
program(s):
Scholarships
Training and internships
location(s):
North America
United States
Coding Dojo Women in Tech Scholarship

The Coding Dojo bootcamp offers scholarships for women of up to $2,500, including for their online bootcamp.