| Overview: Covid-19 school closures around the world have hit girls the hardest. The coronavirus pandemic presents us with an opportunity to affect systemic changes that could protect women from bearing the heaviest brunt of shock during pandemics. During this covid-19 pandemic, women are taking a harder hit. As many as 60% of women have been laid off in the last two months because women hold jobs mostly in the leisure and hospitality industries as restaurants, hotels and airlines have shut down Tech jobs on the other hand, which are made up of majority male workers, translate easier to work-from home positions and losses have been less widespread. This is why gender equality in tech is even more important that ever.
Pandemic exacerbate inequalities. Join our all distinguished all women panel to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Girls Education. He is the list of amazing Panelists
Name : Josephine Ndambuki
Title : Manager-Economic Development, Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation, Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA)
Twitter Handle: @Josekamanthe
Name : Eunice Kariuki
Title : Director, Partnerships, Innovation & Capacity at ICT Authority
Twitter Handle: @eunicekariuki
Name : Catherine Nyambala
Title : Chief Quality Engineer, KENYA ELECTRICITY GENERATING COMPANY(KENGEN)
Twitter Handle: @i_am_Auma
Name : Doris Ratego
Title : DevOps Engineer at Safaricom PLC
Twitter Handle: @Sirod_Sirod
Name : Martha Wakoli
Title : Editor, Queengineers
Twitter Handle: @misswakoli
Name : Phylis Ngigi
Title : Lead JKUAT WICT
Twitter Handle: @PhylisNgigi
Name : Josephine Miliza
Title : Network Engineer, TunapandaNet
Twitter Handle: @jossiemiliza
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