Impact Stories from Empowering Women and Girls Policy Area
Technovation Palestine
Fellow(s): Alaa Fatayer
Country: Palestinian Territories
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
WithYou has been selected as Technovation Palestine’s winner for the regional competition. Created by a team of six high school girls, the WithYou app connects cancer patients in Palestine to various medical, health, and community resources in their respective areas. 2014 Emerging Leader Alaa Fatayer serves as a Technovation Ambassador for Palestine.
Read More »Report Date...: 5/25/2015
Intalqi Program
Fellow(s): Mai Abualkas
Country: Palestinian Territories
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Mai leads the program, Intalqi, a women’s tech empowerment program at a startup incubator in Gaza Strip. Intalqi is designed to increase the number of Gazan women who are founders of startups. Mai wants to continue to mentor women in Gaza on the development of technology.
Report Date...: 5/18/2015
Creative Arts for Girls Empowerment (Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund)
Fellow(s): Sophie Ngassa
Country: Cameroon
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
TechWomen alumnae Sophie Ngassa, of Cameroon, uses the power of arts and mentorship to inspire, empower, and support girls. Sophie participated in the ECA’s 2015 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund- a competition that supports efforts for alumni to utilize skills and knowledge they have gained through their exchange experiences and collaborate on projects that tackle innovative solutions to global challenges.
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Report Date...: 5/11/2015
Refugee Girls Need You (Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund)
Fellow(s): Rwanda cohort
Country: Rwanda
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) selected the Rwanda cohort as the winner of the 2015 Competition. The AEIF competition supports efforts that promote shared values and innovative solutions to global challenges, particularly those that utilize skills and knowledge participants have gained through their exchange experiences as alumni.
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Report Date...: 5/11/2015
Technovation
Fellow(s): Alaa Fatayer
Country: Palestinian Territories
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Alla Fatayer successfully led eight teams from Palestine to the submission phase of Technovation. Technovation is a global entrepreneurship competition for young women that aims to inspire and educate girls and women to solve real-world problems through technology.
Read More »Report Date...: 5/4/2015
Ms. Geek Rwanda
Fellow(s): Marie Claire Murekatete
Country: Rwanda
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Marie Claire helped organized event Ms. Geek Rwanda, which inspires female university students in STEM. The Ms. Geek Competition is designed to inspire female university students to think critically and design solutions to issues faced by Rwandans today. Marie Claire credits TechWomen for inspiring her to continue empowering girls in the community, and hopes to support girls through such initiatives in the future.
Report Date...: 4/27/2015
Organized a Girls in ICT celebration
Fellow(s): Hwayda Hemaid
Country: Palestinian Territories
Cohort: 2012
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Hwayda Hemaid organized private sector reps, ICT mentors, entrepreneurs, and other organizations to host a Girls in ICT Day celebration in 2014.Girls in ICT Day is an international initiative that celebrates, empowers, and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in information and communication technologies and is commemorated each year on April 23.
Report Date...: 4/20/2015
Creative Arts for Girls Empowerment (Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund)
Fellow(s): Sophie Ngassa
Country: Cameroon
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Sophie Ngassa of Cameroon is part of the project, Creative Arts for Girls Empowerment, which uses the power of arts and mentorship to inspire, empower and support girls in the creative arts.
Read More »Report Date...: 4/6/2015
Technovation update
Fellow(s): Sophie Ngassa
Country: Cameroon
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Sophie Ngassa hosted a special International Women’s Day event for Technovation Cameroon participants earlier in March. Sophie invited members of the group to speak with Technovation participants, exposing them to role models in technology. The event was a success, and Sophie continues to draw on her TechWomen experience as she works to encourage innovation and the study of STEM among young women.
Report Date...: 3/30/2015
Technovation
Fellow(s): Sylvia Mukasa
Country: Kenya
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls
Sylvia is now serving as Global Ambassador to Technovation in Kenya and is recruiting girls to compete in the mobile app competition and mentors to help facilitate the design of apps. Sylvia hopes the competition empowers girls to pursue technical fields.
Report Date...: 3/30/2015
