Who says you can't change the world when you're 16? The annual Technovation Challenge continues to facilitate innovative solutions developed by girls, very often for girls. Inspired to act by a culture of gender-based violence in their own realities, girls from Spain developed the When&Where app (a geolocation app to notify loved ones of anomalies) and girls from Albania developed the GjejZâ app (an app to help women and girls challenge their beliefs about women's rights).
Learn more here.
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In Bangladesh, 'Digital Buses' are training rural girls in digital skills. The buses are equipped with ICT workstations and move around the country. By bringing the training directly to the girls' doors, these Digital Buses help overcome the social norms and mobility restrictions that many Bangladeshi girls face.
You can watch the girls talk about their experiences here.
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¡Soy la jefe!: the Latina tech bosses
In February, we spotlighted Black women in tech making money moves and in this article we get to know some of the Latina women making an impact in the industry, too.
Click here to read more about Latinas in tech, including Alexandra Marshall, a Mexicana co-founder of a life insurtech company, Augustina Sartori, a Uruguayan startup leader for a beauty app with augmented reality that has been acquired by a conglomerate, and Elena Buenrostro, American founder of Women Who Drone. Representation matters and it’s amazing to see these inspirational women bringing fresh ideas and creating jobs at the same time.
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Fed up with Alexa, Siri, and Cortana? So is The Feminist Internet - and they’re doing something about it. F’xa is a feminist voice assistant that highlights gender bias in AI and helps you avoid replicating harmful stereotypes. Learn more here.
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Making technology work for women and girls
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As we bring more girls online and into the ICT sector, we also need to be aware of the negative gendered consequences that technology can have. The inventor of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, recently declared that the Internet was not a safe space for them - and more needs to be done to protect them.
Read more about what he said here.
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This excellent article from the Web Foundation lays out 8 ways to make sure the Internet is a safe space for women and girls. It includes links to resources by organisations like Chayn and Internews on how to mitigate technology-facilitated GBV.
Read more here.
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