{"id":4006,"date":"2020-03-07T06:37:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T06:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genesesofts.com\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2020-11-02T02:47:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T02:47:36","slug":"combat-gender-disparity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genesesolution.com\/bd\/blog\/combat-gender-disparity\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls In Tech Campaign Launched in Province 2 to Combat Gender Disparity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.14&#8243;]<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">On 5<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 200%; color: black;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: black;\"> February,2020, Girls In Tech \u2013 Nepal has launched its regional chapter in Province 2. Honorable Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Rameshwor Ray Yadav, Honorable Chief Minister of Province 2 Lal BabuRaut, and Lisa Honan, Head of DFID Nepal jointly inaugurated the campaign amidst a special ceremony in Janakpur. The campaign aims to provide exposure to school and college girls in technology and combat gender disparity in the technological sector by providing them with skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The project was launched by <i>Girls in Tech \u2013 Nepal <\/i>in collaboration with <i>UKaid Skills for Employment Programme (<\/i><\/span><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Nirmala UI','sans-serif'; color: black;\">\u0938\u0940\u092a<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">), Genese Cloud Academy <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: black;\">and <i>Fusemachines Nepal<\/i>. It aims at educating and empowering girls in order to end gender discrimination. Under the project, leadership training will be provided to the girls for boosting their confidence and competitiveness. Moreover, the project will help create an environment for the girls to get jobs in companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Speaking during the occasion, Chief Minister Raut expressed happiness to launch the campaign in Province 2 and provide IT education and job skills to girls in the region. He also mentioned plans of the provincial government to make the region a hub for technical education by producing tech-skilled manpower and was hopeful that Girls In Tech would help in making the government\u2019s plan more impactful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">On the occasion, Baljit Vohra, Team Leader of UKaid<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Nirmala UI','sans-serif'; color: black;\">\u0938\u0940\u092a<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> announced a scholarship scheme for 10 girls from economically marginalized families who want to study Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence. 14-year old Jyoti Singh, one of the youngest programmers in Nepal was offered the first scholarship and application has been called for the remaining nine seats. Singh is currently studying in class 10 at Janaki Boarding School, Janakpur. She was enthused to get the scholarship and shared, \u201cI am really happy to know about such a scholarship scheme on AI and Cloud Computing in Nepal and receive the scholarship. These courses will be very much valuable to shape my career. Like me, I am sure it will be very much helpful to other girls too in the region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">There are not many women IT professionals in Nepal and the tech industry is currently dominated by men. Girls still encounter challenges in the industry. Through this campaign, <i>Girls In Tech \u2013 Nepal<\/i> seeks to provide technology education and skills to girls, employ them in the IT sector, and promote tech equality and combat gender disparity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">In this regard, the launch ceremony was followed by a panel discussion on \u201cWomen in ICT in Nepal \u2013\u00a0 Challenges and the Future\u201d where Anita Phuyal, Executive Director of Genese Solution, Aruna Sharma, a Teach for Nepal fellow, Jyoti Singh, one of the youngest programmers of Nepal, and Ankita Yadav, Assistant Lecturer at RajarshiJanak University were the panelists. 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