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Mrs Susan Schorr, Head, Special Initiatives Division BDT / IEE / SIS

Mrs Susan Schorr, Head, Special Initiatives Division BDT / IEE / SIS. Tech4D Forum Lagos, Nigeria. Thursday 4 O ctober 2012. Plenipotentiary Resolution 70 4th Thursday of April C reate a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers ICTs. .

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Mrs Susan Schorr, Head, Special Initiatives Division BDT / IEE / SIS

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  1. Mrs Susan Schorr, Head, Special Initiatives DivisionBDT / IEE / SIS

  2. Tech4D ForumLagos, Nigeria Thursday 4 October 2012

  3. PlenipotentiaryResolution 70 • 4th Thursday of April • Create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers ICTs.

  4. The ITU BDT has developed the Girls in ICT Portal at www.girlsinict.orgwhich houses practical information for girls and young women considering a career in ICTs

  5. Girls in ICT Portal

  6. A Bright Future in ICTs Opportunities for a new generation of women • This summary report surveys the global trends in women’s professional development and employment in ICT sector, and offers a sample of the range of national policies, training programmesand initiatives targeting girls and women as potential students and professionals.

  7. A Bright Future • 1.7 million predicted jobs in ICT for Brazil, EU and US alone • ICT careers currently male dominated • Changing nature of ICT jobs: more creative, focus on social change • Need to develop ICT skills early http://girlsinict.org/trends-analysis-and-profiles/bright-future-icts-opportunities-new-generation-women

  8. Whatis a Girls in ICT Day event? • An event where teenage girls and university students are invited to spend the day at the office of ICT companies, government agencies and academic institutions • or to invite women who have a successful career in the ICT sector to share their experiences, or offer practical experiences.

  9. Almost 90 countries involved • More than 30,000 girls directlyempowered • Some 1,320 eventsorganizedworldwide

  10. 18 African countries took part Manydifferent initiatives: visit of ICT companies, school tours, intervention of rolemodels

  11. 4 different initiatives took place in Nigeria • More than 300 girls weredirectlyreached • More information canbefound on the Girls in ICT portal at http://girlsinict.org/girls-in-ict-day-events

  12. Girls in ICT in Nigeria

  13. Girls in ICT Day, Lagos Organized by e-Business Life Communication Limited

  14. Girls in ICT Day, Abuja Organized by Digital Peers International (DPI)

  15. W.TEC Girls Technology Camp, Lagos

  16. Women in Technology Nigeria (WITIN) ICT talks for girls

  17. Empowering Women and Girls Through ICT ITU will lead global efforts to empower women and girls through ICTs in two key areas: • increasing the number of women in ICT careers • leveraging ICTs for the social and economic empowerment of women and girls

  18. Women in ICT Careers Strategy • increase the number of girls and women who want an ICT career -- create demand; • increase the number of girls and women who receive STEM education, ensure supply, • encourage ICT businesses to attract, recruit, retain and promote women, achieve long-term sustainability.

  19. Women in ICT Careers Strategy The ITU Women in ICT Careers Strategy includes the following elements: • A Women and Girls in ICT Task Force • Promotion of International Girls in ICT Day on the 4th Thursday of every April • Enhancement of the Girls in ICT Day Portal, (www.girlsinict.org)

  20. Women in ICT Careers Strategy The ITU Women in ICT Careers Strategy includes the following elements: • Women and Girls in ICT tracks/roundtable sessions at major ITU conferences • A three-year communications strategy under the banner “Tech Needs Girls” (TNG)

  21. Women in ICT Careers Strategy The ITU Women in ICT Careers Strategy includes the following elements: • Award ceremonies and activities for TNG Prize winners in Brussels on the week of International Girls in ICT Day 2013; • Encouraging “game changers” to take action on increasing the number of women in ICT careers; • KPIs to measure progress in implementation

  22. ICTs for Women and Girls Empowerment • ICTs can be used in a myriad of ways to empower women and girls. ITU and its partner Telecentre.org Foundation launched the Women’s Digital Literacy Campaign to train 1 million poor women to become digitally literate. http://women.telecentre.org/

  23. Your role • If you are running programmes designed to empower girls and youngwomenthroughICTs, please let us know and be part of the Girls in ICT network! • Raiseawarenessaroundyou! contact us at girlsinict@itu.int

  24. More information • Please contact us at girlsinict@itu.int • The Girls in ICT Portal, a one-stop shop for girls and womenlooking for information www.girlsinict.org • On Twitter: #GirlsinICT or #TechNeedsGirls • On Facebook: www.facebook.com/TechNeedsGirls

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