{"id":45,"date":"2025-10-07T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T11:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:44:01","slug":"projects-and-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/projects-initiatives\/projects-and-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects and Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid \">\n                                <div class=\"ituCard bg hor alternating parent-side\" data-span=\"12\">\n        <img src=https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/10\/WomenAndGirls.jpg alt=\"Decorative image\" class=\"img-side\" \/>\n        <div class=\"content content-side\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                                    <p class=\"title\">The Network of Women in ITU-D<\/p>\n                                                    The Network of Women in ITU-D (NoW in ITU-D) celebrates the power of ITU women delegates in driving positive change in the telecommunication development sector. Launched in 2021, the Network brings together professional women leaders who are committed towards building a more inclusive digital world. Through advocacy, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing, the Network plays a key role in empowering women to actively participate in decision-making within the telecommunication development sector.                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/Digital-Inclusion\/Women-and-Girls\/NoW\/Pages\/default.aspx\" class=\"ituBtn\" target=_blank>\n                        Read more                    <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"ituCard bg hor alternating parent-side\" data-span=\"12\">\n        <img src=https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/10\/visual-AI-for-girls.jpg alt=\"Decorative image\" class=\"img-side\" \/>\n        <div class=\"content content-side\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                                    <p class=\"title\">AI skills accelerator for girls<\/p>\n                                                    To enhance digital skills knowledge for girls and women on the latest trends in emerging technology such as Artificial Intelligence, the ITU Development Sector and EY have joined forces to implement \u201cAI skills accelerator for Girls\u201d, a 2-year programme to address the challenge of ensuring girls\u2019 and women\u2019s access to and use of the latest and emerging trends in technology for their socio-economic development.                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/women-and-girls\/women-in-ict\/ai-skills-accelerator-for-girls\/\" class=\"ituBtn\" target=_blank>\n                        Read more                    <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"ituCard bg hor alternating parent-side\" data-span=\"12\">\n        <img src=https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/08\/HDS-Mini-Banner-1.jpg alt=\"Decorative image\" class=\"img-side\" \/>\n        <div class=\"content content-side\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                                    <p class=\"title\">Her Digital Skills<\/p>\n                                                    The Her Digital Skills Initiative is designed to equip girls and young women with the digital skills needed to access employment and entrepreneurship opportunities through free training, digital skills badges, and e-mentoring. Two partner\u2011supported projects contribute to the initiative: Her Digital Skills for Life (Qualcomm) and Her Digital Skills Badges (GSMA, Qualcomm, W4).                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/projects-initiatives\/projects-and-initiatives\/her-digital-skills\/\" class=\"ituBtn\" target=_blank>\n                        Read more                    <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"obsolete-templates\/page-submenu.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-inclusion-women-and-girls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}