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We will launch our 3rd class on March 27th through May 19th for which 32 women ages 16+ will be selected to participate. The only cost for the course is a registration fee of 400 reais or USD 120. We plan on having two more classes this year in addition to this one. | We will launch our 3rd class on March 27th through May 19th for which 32 women ages 16+ will be selected to participate. The only cost for the course is a registration fee of 400 reais or USD 120. We plan on having two more classes this year in addition to this one. | ||
===Feminist Approach to Technology (FAT)=== | ===[[[Feminist Approach to Technology (FAT)]]]=== | ||
FAT’s mission is to enhance women’s awareness, interest and participation in technology in order to decrease the gender divide in all technical fields and strengthen the involvement of women in the technical workforce and in policy-making. We believe that technology is necessary for the empowerment of women because of the important role technology plays in the economic and social development. | FAT’s mission is to enhance women’s awareness, interest and participation in technology in order to decrease the gender divide in all technical fields and strengthen the involvement of women in the technical workforce and in policy-making. We believe that technology is necessary for the empowerment of women because of the important role technology plays in the economic and social development. | ||
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FAT believes in building and supporting young women’s leadership, not just through programs but also within our organization. At present, 22 out of 26 team members are less than 30-years-old and 14 of them are young women leaders graduated from our Young Women Leadership Program. We actively invest in our young team members and strive to provide them the platform to hone their leadership skills. This is what makes our organization unique. FAT’s model has been appreciated nationally and internationally, and is being replicated in many places in India. | FAT believes in building and supporting young women’s leadership, not just through programs but also within our organization. At present, 22 out of 26 team members are less than 30-years-old and 14 of them are young women leaders graduated from our Young Women Leadership Program. We actively invest in our young team members and strive to provide them the platform to hone their leadership skills. This is what makes our organization unique. FAT’s model has been appreciated nationally and internationally, and is being replicated in many places in India. | ||
===TechChix Tanzania=== | ===[[[TechChix Tanzania]]]=== | ||
TechChix-TZ is a nonprofit organization that came into existence as an initiative by a group of women in technology fields ranging from IT technicians, Network technicians, Telecommunications, programmers and different fields of engineering. These women felt it was wise to prove statistics wrong by empowering young women to beat the odds by not only taking careers in technology fields as well as engineering, but also to take up work related to their fields. Though statistics show that the number of women enrolling in technology related courses in colleges and universities is slowly increasing, there is still much work to be done. Despite this increase, there are still very few women who graduate with degrees in ICTs that take up careers due to either prejudice or lack of confidence in their ability to deliver, since most of these careers are dominated by men in Africa. | TechChix-TZ is a nonprofit organization that came into existence as an initiative by a group of women in technology fields ranging from IT technicians, Network technicians, Telecommunications, programmers and different fields of engineering. These women felt it was wise to prove statistics wrong by empowering young women to beat the odds by not only taking careers in technology fields as well as engineering, but also to take up work related to their fields. Though statistics show that the number of women enrolling in technology related courses in colleges and universities is slowly increasing, there is still much work to be done. Despite this increase, there are still very few women who graduate with degrees in ICTs that take up careers due to either prejudice or lack of confidence in their ability to deliver, since most of these careers are dominated by men in Africa. | ||