Wulwi Initiative: Empowering girls in Digital skills for a better future

4/27/2019

Africa, Nigeria, Gwarinpa, Abuja, Nigeria

100 participants

Wulwi Initiative would be commemorating the International Day for Girls in ICT by training 100 girls in Digital Skills for free.

About this Event

Wulwi Initiative is an organization that has as its mission to empower women, girls and communities in all spheres of their lives, in order to realize their full potential to live with dignity and freedom of choice.

Till date, we have achieved the following

• Over 15 girls have been sponsored for a 2 year period in secondary schools in Nigeria and Cameroon.
• 1000 students in schools have been reached with career development programmes in order to choose a deserving path for their future endeavors.
• Sanitary pads were given to 150 students to aid their health and hygiene.
• 17 girls have gone through our internship programme where they have earned skills and certifications in HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and WordPress.

The International Day for Girls in ICT is an initiative aimed at encouraging and empowering girls and young women to consider studies and careers in the growing field of ICTs, enabling both girls and technology companies to reap the benefits of greater female participation in the ICT sector.

There would be presentations from representatives from the following organizations.

• Nigerian Communication Commission
• Federal Ministry of Women Affairs
• Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports
• Office for ICT Innovation and Enterpreneurship (OIIE)
• Federal Ministry of Communications
• Emmanuel Otori – ICT for SME Development

The 2019 edition will have the following trainings for 100 girls and women

Workshop Sessions

• Digital Marketing
• WordPress
• Graphics Design
• Microsoft PowerPoint