“Girls: the world needs you to be the scientists, engineers and technologists of tomorrow!” said Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General.
Last week Thursday, people around the world marked Girls in ICT Day, which was established by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to help inspire girls to consider a future in technology
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![The U.S. Mission in Geneva collaborates with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on a program to celebrate Girls in ICT Day, which includes a series of technical workshops designed to give girls hands-on experience in programming computers, making films, designing mobile phone applications, and managing satellites, in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 25, 2013. [U.S. Mission Geneva photo/ Public Domain]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/0425_geneva_women_ict_m.jpg)
About the Author: Karen Glocer serves as an Economic Officer at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science.
On April 25, we celebrate Girls in ICT Day, established by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in 2010 to inspire girls to consider a career in technology. Women are half the world’s population and half the world’s talent, but there’s a persistent gender gap in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field.
As a first tour economic officer with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, I’m thrilled to be able to use my background to contribute to the ITU program celebrating International Girls in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Today, I taught 27 girls of ages between 13 and 17 the basics of programming in python, an intuitive, but powerful programming language that is widely used by software companies, research scientists, engineers, and universities. My goal… more »
(Source: blogs.state.gov)
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