ITU launches Girls in ICT web portal

ITU has launched a new web portal (http://girlsinict.org/) focused on helping girls and women access training, job opportunities and career information in the fast-growing information and communication (ICT) sector.

The new portal is one-stop shop for training, scholarship and job opportunities aimed at inspiring girls and young women to choose a career in technology.

The portal is designed to help girls and young women aged 11-25 prepare for and pursue a technology career, providing links to scholarships, training and internships, ICT contests and awards, tech camps, online girls’ networks and other programmes that will give them a boost in entering what has become a largely male-dominated sector.