International Girls in ICT Day is an initiative backed by ITU Member States in Plenipotentiary Resolution 70 (Rev. Dubai, 2018) to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider studies and careers in the growing field of ICTs. Resolution 70 calls for all ITU members to celebrate and commemorate International Girls in ICT Day on the fourth Thursday of April every year.
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Girls in ICT Portal available in the six ITU languages, offers key information to help organize your International Girls in ICT Day 2019 event. The Portal provides several resources, including an event toolkit, branded promotional materials, contact details for ITU Regional Girls in ICT Day Focal Points as well as information about events organized around the world in previous years.
Since International Girls in ICT Day was first celebrated in 2011, over 357 000 girls and young women from 171 countries have taken part in more than 11 100 events. Together, we have offered girls all over the world the opportunity to embrace ICTs and pursue studies and carrier in the sector.
Conference will be held in a form of discussion and will bring together representatives of ministries, regulators, telecommunications operators, equipment manufacturers and software developers, scientific and project institutes, and other stakeholders. Participants will discuss achievements in education, ICT projects and overall women's contribution to research and development in ICT.
