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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.

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posted on:20/06/12

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This scholarship sponsors a full scholarship for academically distinguished students from both genders from all over the Emirates of the UAE, to study in the world’s leading universities abroad, majoring in ICT and related subjects, to serve the UAE society in general and the ICT sector in specific.

Detailed Application with eligibility criteria can be downloaded from http://www.betha.gov.ae/join_betha-E.php

posted on:02/05/13

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Asia and the Pacific

GSMA mWomen Innovation Fund – Seed Grants for NGOs

GSMA has announced the launch of GSMA mWomenInnovation Fund grants for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). The goal of the GSMA mWomen Programme is to promote greater mobile access and usage by resource-poor women in low- and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

The objectives of the Innovation Fund for NGOs are to provide seed funding in order to:

Accelerate the use of mobile technology to achievedevelopment-related goals, specifically theempowerment of resource-poor women
Provide solutions to the barriers to women’s adoption and use of mobile phones and VAS
Generate lessons and models of success which can be shared with the wider development community, as well as mobile operators
Stimulate productive partnerships between NGOs and mobile operators in order to achieve these objectives at scale

This round of grants is dedicated to NGOs (including social enterprises), working in partnership with mobile networkoperators. Its objectives are to:

Provide seed funding to support the design and launch of innovative products, services, marketing approaches and distribution mechanisms aimed at increasing women’s access to mobile and use of life-enhancing mobile services
Generate lessons and models of success which can be shared with the wider development community and the mobile industry
Stimulate productive partnerships between NGOs and mobile network operators.

Please note that this round of grants is open only to NGOs. The next round of grants for mobile network operators will be launched in the second half of 2013.

This round is comprised of three matching grants, valued up to US$ 140,000 for projects up to ten months long. The grants are intended to provide seed funding for NGOs, working in partnership with mobile network operators, to design and launch products, value added services, marketing campaigns and/or distribution mechanisms (‘offerings’) that will increase women’s access to and use of mobile and life-enhancing services.

The deadline to submit concept notes is 12 June 2013. For more information, visit this link:

http://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/gsma-mwomen-innovation-fund-grant-documentation-ngos-april-2013#.UX4wtpUWGFI

posted on:13/11/12

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TechWomen is an initiative of the US State Department that pairs women in Silicon Valley with their counterparts in the Middle East and North Africa to create exchange programs at leading technology companies. Using innovative technologies, cutting-edge content, and social networking tools, TechWomen fosters and develops the next generation of women leaders in the technology field by providing women and girls with the access and opportunity needed to pursue tech-based careers.

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