Young women from Gaza will join other International Telecommunication Union (ITU) member states in celebrating the International Girls in ICT Day. The initiative aims at creating a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated in April every year.

The University College of Applied Science (UCAS) is organizing an event to celebrate the day at its venue on Monday 30th April, 2018 from 08:00 am. During the event, the five winner of the public tech information competition, which was launched one month ago (for girls in high schools, colleges, universities, institutions and technology incubators ), will be selected, announced and honoured.

During the event, women role models from Gaza’s ICT sector will give motivation talks to students on the growing and rewarding careers in ICT in Gaza. Moreover, there will be technological workshops to test the general tech knowledge of the college and the high school students.

Enabel supports this initiative to encourage gender mainstreaming in the ICT sector and in the related TVET (Technical and Vocational Training) courses.

For more details, follow the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/198722154228752/.