Mujeres TIC-Ayni Bolivia: when women get wings!

Mujeres TIC Bolivia

Objective of this project is to help close inequalities and gender divides while providing digital skills to young women. Since 1998, we work towards the reduction of the digital gap, specifically in public schools in slum and rural areas reaching out more than 30.000 underprivileged children and youth. Since 2014, successful work was achieved in reducing the gap in digital skills for young women through the Program TICMujeres-Ayni Bolivia. In countries like Bolivia young girls confront a hard reality. They often do not know their rights, and are often victims of family violence. The risk is bigger now, they can be approached online by traffickers without their family even noticing it. We are developing projects where girls (between 14-20) are effectively guided to cope with these risks. Target: In the last year we trained 1317 students During four years we have trained, almost 2000 students directly and 30.000 indirectly. Moreover and to reach more students we have also successfully trained more than 200 teachers on-the-job in public schools. Impact: - Increased IT knowledge; Encouraging female participation in technical and technological training; - Increased parental involvement in (future) education; additional income for their families - Increased pride and confidence among learners; - Stimulation of vocational training and professional guidance - Application of technology to other branches.

http://www.redayni.org

National implementation: Bolivia

Completed from 01/06/2016 to 01/08/2017

Ayni has sustainable partnerships with different stakeholders, for instance: - the District Education Officer; - The municipality of Oruro, who sponsored the Municipal Hall; - Partnering with WSIS to celebrate Girls in ICTday; - National Impact as member of the Red TICBolivia, a partnership of Ministries, Universities and NGO’s working on ICT4D. - International impact: Sharing the knowledge with partners in Mexico and Latin America. - sponsored by Rabobank, Wilde Ganzen and Ayni Bolivia Nederland Foundation.

* Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content

• Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
• Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
• Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies

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