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GSMA Marks International Girls in ICT Day with Events around the World
The GSMA (News - Alert) will celebrate the annual ITU
International Girls in ICT Day this week with a series of events
across its global footprint aimed at encouraging and empowering young
women to explore career opportunities in the science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas and helping companies worldwide
reap the benefits of greater female participation in the tech sector.
The 2018 ITU International Girls in ICT Day will be held on Thursday 26
April and will be marked by events run by local GSMA offices in Atlanta,
Barcelona, Brussels, Dubai, Hong Kong, London and Nairobi.
"The GSMA is delighted to be supporting the ITU International Girls in
ICT event for the fifth year running, inviting girls from around the
world to learn about the rewarding careers possible within the mobile
industry and the wider ICT sector," said Mats Granryd, Director General,
GSMA. "The future success of our industry rests on the ability to
attract talented females and we hope to inspire a new generation of
young women to become tomorrow's industry leaders."
At its global headquarters in London, the GSMA is inviting a group of
girls from The Bridge Academy, a school in the London borough of
Hackney, to an event hosted by BT (News - Alert) at its innovation event space. The
girls will take part in a problem-solving challenge and try out speed
networking with successful women in the tech industry. Speakers at the
London event will include representatives from Arsenal FC, Cambridge
University, Mastercard and Vodafone.
Other related events include:
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Atlanta: In partnership with Cricket Wireless, the North
America team will be donating mobile phones with prepaid data and
messaging plans to girls that attended an earlier coding workshop with ChickTeck
Atlanta.
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Barcelona: In partnership with Telefónica, WAYRA (Telefónica
Open Future start-up accelerator programme) and Mobile World Capital
Barcelona, the GSMA Spanish office has invited local girls to hear
from industry experts and entrepreneurs and participate in a hands-on
design and technology workshop.
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Brussels: Theday will be marked as part of the Women4Tech
event in Brussels this week, featuring high-level speakers from the
European Commission.
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Hong Kong: The local GSMA office will be hosting a group of 10
girls for a half-day event on Saturday 28 April, teaching them how to
code followed by a number of guest speakers.
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Dubai: Local GSMA representatives are inviting girls to the
offices of several national ICT Ministries followed by tours of local
operators, including Umniah in Jordan; MTN, Sudatel and Zain (News - Alert) in Sudan;
and Ooredoo, Orange and Tunisie Telecom in Tunisia.
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Nairobi: The GSMA local office is working with local primary
and secondary schools to host a day featuring representatives from the
mobile and tech industries.
Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals
Participation in initiatives such as the ITU International Girls in ICT
Day underlines the mobile industry's commitment to helping to achieve
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly
SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 8 (Decent Work
and Economic Growth) and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities).
The GSMA is a Topic Chair of the W20 (Women 20) group, which will advise
the G20 member states on issues around gender equality and the economic
empowerment of women in the run-up to the G20 Argentina 2018 summit
taking place in Buenos Aires, 30 November - 1 December 20181.
The GSMA also supports gender equality and opportunities for women and
girls via its participation in the EQUALS
initiative; the GSMA Connected
Women programme; Women4Tech;
the WeCare
initiative in Latin America; and the #BetterFuture
campaign.
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About the GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting
nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile
ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies,
equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in
adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading
events such as Mobile World Congress (News - Alert), Mobile World Congress Shanghai,
Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences.
For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at www.gsma.com.
Follow the GSMA on Twitter (News - Alert): @GSMA.
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