The Benin Chapter of the Internet Society is the main stakeholder organization of the Benin DNS Forum (along with 4 other non-profit organizations). Through the Benin DNS Forum initiative (www.dnsforum.bj), the Woman DNS Academy Program has been initiated. The Woman DNS Academy Program is a high-level certification training exclusively for women on the development of skills in Internet technology engineering and digital leadership. The Program was launched in 2016 and, after 4 successful editions, is now a big hit with women engaged in the Internet technology ecosystem. Each year, the Woman DNS Academy Program selects 20 young women aged 18 to 30 at the end of their studies in ICT engineering or active in professional life following a call for applications to benefit from a full scholarship for this training. The organizing committee receives an average of 80 applications each year. The participants, during this program, learn and implement Internet technologies (TCP / IP networks, virtualization, Internet CyberSecurity, Domain Name System) but also develop skills on economic models around domain names and entrepreneurship in the DNS (Domain Name System) sector. The objective is to offer not only an in-depth knowledge of Internet technologies (such as IP (Internet Protocol), DNS, other open protocols) but also to create a real craze within the female gender to be interested in issues related to the development of Internet technologies and Internet governance. During each training course, the 20 women beneficiaries take a practical approach to the technical aspects of DNS, the economic aspects and entrepreneurship around DNS and Internet technologies. The program also initiates a networking meeting between new and old beneficiaries with women leaders and digital and Internet pioneers in Africa through WDA Networking.

http://womandns.academy/

• Benin

• Youth
• Women

This work has been reproduced with our technical and financial support in Côte d'Ivoire. We are now working with a team from Chad to replicate the program and benefit women in that country.

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