Red Circle Creative Solutions - Video Editing Certification Course For Young Women

5/11/2019

Asia & pacific, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Red Circle aims to provide multi-media training to high school graduate girls, equipping them with the up-to-date skills to work in the ICT sector. The 10 days training will provide them knowledge and skill on basics of Photoshop, camera handling, video editing and graphics design. This effort will help to reduce the gender imbalance in the ICT sector human resource in Nepal.Red Circle will mentor the trainees and will provide support to enhance their skills. Red Circle will provide them opportunity to involve in real projects to learn and earn, including in the PSA videos to be produced under this project.

This project, on one hand will help to reduce the ICT gender gap in Nepal by empowering girls with the up-to-date knowledge and skills to pursue their career in ICT. On the other hand, the trained girls will be mentored and involved in the PSA videos production.Participants of the training will not only have the opportunity to learn the skills, but will also have career development opportunity. Selected participants will have opportunity to work with Red Circle as paid interns. Red Circle will also outsource its video, Photoshop, motion graphics and graphics design assignments to the selected participants.

The ICT sector is tremendously growing and advancing globally. Though this growth is impressive and represents a positive trend overall, the reality is that growth in Internet uptake and use has been uneven — both between and within countries. Globally, technology is seen as a man's domain. The majority of people working in the technology industry are men. Whether it's learning ICT skills, or using computers, girls and women face all the usual cultural, social and economic barriers that come with being female. This is the digital gender divide, which is one of the most pernicious aspects of the global digital divide. Unfortunately, new data reveals that this digital gender gap is growing wider. According to the ITU’s 2016 Facts & Figures, the global Internet user gender gap grew from 11% in 2013 to 12% in 2016. The gap remains large in the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) — at 31%. In 2016, the regional gender gap is largest in Africa (23%) and smallest in the Americas (2%).

Thanks to the growth in ICT sector, business opportunities and the job markets for ICT professionals is increasing for those who can benefit from the opportunities. But, girls and women are lagging in terms of ICT access, education and job opportunity. However, girls are at a higher risk of cyber-crimes, mainly online sexual exploitation, identity theft, cyber bullying and sextortion. Although there has been no study on digital gender divide in Nepal, the following charts give some idea.

This project aims to remove the barriers for girls to avail ICT education and pursue career in this sector, providing free up-to-date multi-media training, mentoring and career opportunity. This project will also contribute in achieving the gender and ICT targets laid out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which requires us to take immediate action to close this digital gender divide.