Universal Service Fund, Girls In ICT Day Celebrations

4/24/2018

Asia & pacific, Pakistan, Pakistan

Ministry of IT & Telecom through Universal Service Fund is running ‘ICT for Girls’ program since 2015 to bridge the gender digital divide which is paving the way for socio economic uplift of this very important segment of our society. The primary purpose of the program is to provide ICT facilities to increase the employability potential of the girls in Pakistan, so that they are financially empowered to take care of their families and themselves. Under this program over 125,000 female students will be trained annually on 21st century super skills focusing on coding, computing, coaching and communication.

We are proud to celebrate ICT for Girls Day on 25th and 26^th of April at 226 girls’ schools of Islamabad and 100 Women Empowerment Centers across Pakistan. At this event we will lay foundation of our coding club at 326 institutes. Membership drive has already been initiated and over 20,000 girls have pre-registered for our coding club through USFs ICT for Girls portal so far. Our goal is to outreach 125,000 girls annually who are actively engaged in this club. Several workshops, competitions and webinars will take place at the event to train and encourage these girls to break barriers and optimize opportunities in the digital world