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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.

How to search?

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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LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux and Free Software, and for women and men who want to support women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users, and includes amateur programmers, system administrators and technical writers.

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LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux and Free Software, and for women and men who want to support women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users, and includes amateur programmers, system administrators and technical writers.

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Ma Carrier Techno

This site details information of careers in technology and acts as an online association. Perticipants can find a mentor and learn about the various technology sector.

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e-Mentoring for diversity in sciences and engineering

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Microsoft DigiGirlz Online Classes

On-line Classes

Experience a new world of fun by exploring our on-line DigiGirlz courses! These classes have been developed with you in mind and will expose you to some of the content that is taught during our DigiGirlz program. Have fun and show your friends and family how creative and innovative you can be.

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Contests and awards

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Mentoring and Shadowing

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Microsoft YouthSpark

Microsoft YouthSpark is a companywide initiative designed to create opportunities for hundreds of millions of youth around the world. Through partnerships with governments, nonprofits and businesses, we aim to empower youth to imagine and realize their full potential by connecting them with greater education, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities. We want to empower youth to change their world.

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Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative Project (MAGIC)

Are you interested in collaborating with others to better serve and prepare girls for STEM related careers?
Are you interested in receiving a mini-grant to help fund collaboration with another program?

Would you like the opportunity to share or receive promising practices and resources with others?

The MAGiC Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative brings together organizations and individuals that are committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to encourage collaboration and improve inter-program communication. Our goal is to strengthen capacity, increase continuation of girl-serving STEM programs and create a wider audience for gender-related STEM issues. MAGiC serves Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC.

Project Resources

An online Program Directory allows programs to share needs and resources and program contact information to foster collaboration.

Webcasts, Conferences, and Forums will share promising practices in informal learning, evaluation, and assessment.

Mini-grants will be available to girl-serving STEM
programs to support collaboration projects.

Share information about upcoming events, successes and resources
in Quarterly Newsletters.

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Mobile Monday DFW

MobileMonday has 80+ chapters worldwide and is supported by the world's largest volunteer network of passionate mobile professionals committed to growth of the industry. Weekly networking events, often featuring high-profile speakers sharing timely and trendy tech developments, is a standard feature.

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Mobile Monday Los Angeles

MobileMonday has 80+ chapters worldwide and is supported by the world's largest volunteer network of passionate mobile professionals committed to growth of the industry. Weekly networking events, often featuring high-profile speakers sharing timely and trendy tech developments, is a standard feature.

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Mobile Monday New York

MobileMonday has 80+ chapters worldwide and is supported by the world's largest volunteer network of passionate mobile professionals committed to growth of the industry. Weekly networking events, often featuring high-profile speakers sharing timely and trendy tech developments, is a standard feature.

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