Impact Stories from Empowering Women and Girls Policy Area
STEM workshops
Fellow(s): Joy Agene, Desiree Craig and Busayo Durojaiye, Faten Khalfallah
Country: Nigeria, Tunisia
Cohort: 2014, 2015
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls, Youth Engagement
TechWomen fellows Joy Agene, Desiree Craig, and Busayo Durojaiye facilitated “STEM Rocks” workshops for female high school students in Lagos, Nigeria, in coordination with the U.S. Embassy in Abuja’s American Corners
Report Date...: 12/7/2015
Mozilla Cameroon Festival
Fellow(s): Dorothée Danedjo Fouba
Country: Cameroon
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Economic Impact, Empowering Women and Girls
Dorothee organized the first Mozilla Festival in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The festival brought together technologists and students to inform individuals about Mozilla products and, in particular, free tech tools for women to launch their own businesses.
Read More »Report Date...: 11/23/2015
Searching for Martha
Fellow(s): Sylvia Mukasa, Angel Bisamaza, Zimkhita Buwa, Neza Guillaine, Marthe Beatrice Kepseu, Rumbidzai Rosemary Mambo, Marie Claire Murekatete, Winnie Ngamije
Country: Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Cohort: 2013&2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls, Entrepreneurship
During the 2015 Transform Africa Summit, eight TechWomen fellows collaborated on an initiative to empower youth women entrepreneurs in Africa. The initiative, called “Searching for Martha,” aims to offer training to young African girls to develop, sell and promote mobile apps.
Read More »Report Date...: 11/16/2015
Al Hurra TV interview
Fellow(s): Ines Nasri
Country: Tunisia
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Ines Nasri discusses being an entrepreneuer, a role model and supporting women in the tech world. She speaks about women’s issues to inspire Tunisian women in STEM. Ines is an entrepreneur and owner of Web Power, a digital marketing agency in Tunis. She is passionate about promoting the tech sector in her country and focused her interview on succeeding as a woman in the male-dominated field of web and digital marketing.
Read More »Report Date...: 11/2/2015
Mentor(s): Anar Simpson
Company: Mozilla
Mentor Type: Cultural
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Anar was a judge at the fourth annual LinkedIn DevelopHer Hackathon, an event aimed at fostering community among women in engineering. Anar is a Special Advisor on Women, Girls and Technology at Mozilla. She has served as a mentor since TechWomen’s launch in 2011. Anar also served as a Global Ambassador for the Technovation program and has helped fellows launch the program in Cameroon, Jordan, Kenya, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.
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Report Date...: 9/14/2015
Engineering and Math (HISTEM), Hypatia Intiative for Science, Tech
Fellow(s): Noha Mahmoud, Yassmen Abd El Ghaffar
Country: Egypt
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
TechWomen alumni Noha and Yassmeen of Egypt launched the HISTEM initiative to empower girls in STEM from technical workshops. HISTEM is the Hypatia Initiative for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, which provides technical workshops for women and girls, ages 14 to 23. The initiative was conceived by 2012 alumna Noha Mahmoud, after she was awarded the WeTech Seed Grant in November 2014. Yassmeen Abd El Ghaffar, a 2014 alumna, is the co-founder of the initiative, overseeing operations.
Read More »Report Date...: 8/3/2015
Femmes Lumiere Radio Interview
Fellow(s): Christelle Tayou
Country: Cameroon
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Christelle Tayou is featured in Femmes Lumiere, discussing her career as a woman in STEM. Femmes Lumière is a Cameroon-based radio show focused on women’s empowerment.
Read More »Report Date...: 7/27/2015
Taungana Africa
Fellow(s): Sandra Tererai, Nomso Kana
Country: South Africa, Zimbabwe
Cohort: 2013
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Taugana Africa is crowdfunding for their 2nd Fellowship Program for girls in STEM in August. Taungana works with rural high school girls from South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe to engage them in STEM education and careers.
Read More »Report Date...: 6/29/2015
Mentor(s): Eileen Brewer
Company: Symantec
Mentor Type: Professional
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Symantec recognized Professional Mentor Eileen Brewer as “Volunteer of the Quarter” for her work to empower women and girls globally in STEM. Eileen has been involved with TechWomen since 2012. In addition to mentoring, she has participated in delegation trips and served as a selection committee member. In 2014, 11 women from Symantec mentored TechWomen Emerging Leaders, and Symantec also donated $11,000 to IIE as part of the company’s Dollars for Doers Program.
Read More »Report Date...: 6/22/2015
AGEI Mentoring Girls Workshop
Fellow(s): Joy Agene
Country: Nigeria
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Joy coordinatored a workshop on mentoring girls in STEM for secondary students in Jos, Nigeria. The workshop focused on mentoring and empowering girls, primarily aiming to inspire young girls to pursue STEM fields.
Report Date...: 6/1/2015
