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Girls in ICT Day Sarajevo 2022
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The event aimed at encouraging and inspiring girls to pursue their aspirations of becoming Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals and promoting jobs in the industry. The event was opened by Dr. Zlatan Mujak, Head of the investment department of Canton Sarajevo Ministry of Economy who emphasized that IT industry is currently one of the strongest industries that receives a lot of support from the government. Important partners in organizing this event were UN Women Bosnia and Herzegovina. The audience had an opportunity to meet Mr. David Saunders, UN Women BiH representative. Together with Ms. Zerina Mandžo, IT girls project associate, he emphasized the importance of empowering women to find their place in the IT industry and make their dreams come true. Professionals from different IT fields shared their knowledge and experience: Ms. Raquel Martinez Hernandez, Cisco Networking Academy Technical Manager; Ms. Ruth Lennon, Chair of Association of computing machinery women, Ms. Oleksandra Yeremenko, Professor from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and Ms. Emina Brkanić, Sytsem Engineer at MIBO Komunikacije.
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