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On Girls and ICTs
At the Technology Salon hosted by the UN Foundation’s Technology Partnership with Vodafone Foundation on Jan 28, 2010, some folks from the DC area (and beyond) will gather to share experiences around...
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Revisiting the topic of Girls and ICTs: Tech Salon Discussions
I recently had the honor of leading a group of tech, development and gender folks in a discussion around Girls and ICTs at the Technology Salon. The conversation revolved around 5 aspects I wrote...
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On trust and disempowerment
I had a doctor’s appointment a couple months ago, and my doctor asked me if it was OK for a student to do the prep work, you know, the usual: height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, the like. I...
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Girls talk about making media
This is a guest post by Bertil van Vugt, who works as the content director at Africa Interactive. Bertil and I met for the first time about a year ago at a tweet up in Amsterdam, though I had known...
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Barriers to girls’ economic opportunities
As I wrote yesterday, I attended Making Cents International’s Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference last week on “Breakthroughs in Youth Enterprise, Workforce Development, Financial Services...
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Can mobile phone apps prevent violence against women?
In this guest post, Keshet Bachan, gender equality activist and blogger at The XX Factor, questions whether mobile phone applications addressing street violence are an effective way to prevent violence...
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Girls in ICTs Day
The field of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) tends to be dominated by men. Is this because men are more suited to working in technology? Because women don’t want to? Because boys are...
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New research on the practice of ‘breast flattening’ in Cameroon
‘Breast flattening,’ also known as ‘breast ironing’ or ‘breast massage,’ is a practice whereby a young girl’s developing breasts are massaged, pounded, pressed, or patted with an object, usually...
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Why should you be holding a computer mouse?
Learning to use a computer in Inhambane, Mozambique This is a slightly longer version of my Empowering Girls through Information, Communication and Technology, published in The Guardian’s Development...
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Mobile technology and workforce development programs with girls and young women
The March NYC Technology Salon offered an opportunity to discuss how mobile technology can transform workforce development and to hear how mobile is improving the reach and impact of existing...
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