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Event Name
Girls in ICT Day Celebration
Date of the event
22/04/2021
Country
Cape Verde
City
Praia
Description of the event
Webinar aiming at sensitizing women and girls to use the potentials of Information Technologies and choose ICT as a potential professional career in the future. The event had the testimonies of three successful girls who shared their experiences in venturing into the ICT field, the challenges they faced, and how they managed to overcome such challenges. A female Computer Engineering University lecturer was the keynote speaker, addressing “the importance of Information and Communication Technologies in education, in a time of the COVID-19 pandemic”.The event had the participation of the UN System Resident Coordinator as well as the President of the Cabo-Verdean Institute for Gender Equality and Equity.
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Entity organizing the event, organizers
ARME - Multisectoral Regulatory Agency of the Economy