In Tanzania the gender gap in STEM subjects is still very wide with females lagging far behind males." SHE Codes for Change, a Tanzanian tech mentorship project aims to close the gender gap in the technology sector by educating, inspiring and equipping high school girls with the skills and tools for innovation and social change.She Codes for Change (SC4C) works with partners to inspire, educate and equip girls with computing skills.Our mission is To expose more girls in Africa to technology at a young age, to amplify impact in the continent and world at large.

She codes for change works with girls aged 13-19 years of age, the objectives are to inspire them to choose STEM as field of study and later venture into STEM careers. We take completely beginners and run them in a four weeks program where they choose to either of three programs namely web development, game development and makertronics. In the third week they work on projects in teams of five students and they make prototypes of their development and present at the final day of the graduation.
We also teach them in public speaking skills in terms of pitching projects and provide industrial visits that act as inspiration of what their future could look like. We also call in role models who give speeches that inspires the girls."

http://shecodesforchange.org

• United Republic of Tanzania

• Youth
• Women

We expose more girls in Tanzania to STEAM careers and amplify their impact first in Africa and finally the whole world.