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Girls in ICT International Day Online Celebration in Armenia
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Description of the event
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Since 2012, Women and Information Society NGO has been the initiator of Girls in ICT Day celebration in Armenia. April 28, 2022 Girls in ICT Day was officially celebrated in Armenia in an online format. More than 400 schoolgirls and mentors, from different regions of Armenia, from remote and border villages, took part in the celebration. After video message of Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director, BDT, ITU, Women and Information society NGO head Narine Abazian made an opening speech. Distinguished guests took part in the event: Razmik Panossian, the Director of the Department of Armenian Communities for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Eduard Musayelyan, Executive Director at Union of Employers of ICT (UEICT). The guests greeted and wished great success to the participants.67 semi-finalist teams of schoolgirls with the help of organizers; Ani Manukyan, Ruzan Stepanyan and moderators; Narek Mamikonyan and Tamara Hovhannisyan, presented their ideas for mobile applications and Artificial Intelligence Prototypes, which they had developed in the frame of Technovation Girls, Armenia 2022. Technovation Girls, Armenia 2022 is funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
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Women and Information Society NGOEstablished in 2011, Women and Information Society is a non-profit Armenian organization that aims to empower women and girls in Armenia through information and communication technologies integrating them in the information society in Armenia. NGO activities are aimed at increasing the participation of women and girls in education, workforce, entrepreneurship, and leadership in ICT and related sectors. The organization partners with various stakeholders from private and public sectors (local and international).
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