Impact Stories from Empowering Women and Girls Policy Area

Refugee Girls Need You (Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund)

Fellow(s): Rwanda cohort

Country: Rwanda

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Report Date...: 3/16/2015

Technovation

Fellow(s): Beatrice Kepseu

Country: Cameroon

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Launching Technovation competition in Cameroon

Report Date...: 3/9/2015

Technovation

Fellow(s): Nezha Larhrissi

Country: Morocco

Cohort: 2013

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Nezha Larhrissi, has helped with launching the Technovation competition in Morocco.

Report Date...: 3/9/2015

Technovation

Fellow(s): Alaa Fatayer

Country: Palestinian Territories

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Alaa Fatayer, a 2014 TechWomen winner, has launched the Technovation competition for girls in the Palestinian Territories.

Report Date...: 3/9/2015

Technovation

Fellow(s): Amel Ghouila

Country: Tunisia

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Amel Ghoulia is a TechWomen alumni representing Tunisia, Launching Technovation competition in Tunisia. After the program, she wanted to encourage girls to start careers in science and technology and to introduce them to entrepreneurship, so she launched Technovation Challenge, a competition for young girls to develop mobile applications to solve a community problem. The competition now has more than 100 girls registered.

Report Date...: 3/9/2015

Mombasa Girls in STEM Workshop

Fellow(s): Umikaltuma Ibrahim, Sandra Kambo

Country: Kenya

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Umikaltuma and Sandra hosted a STEM workshop for 55 high school students in Mombasa, Kenya. The workshop brought together high school girls and professional women in Mombasa to expose them to STEM careers. During the workshop, Umi spoke on a panel of 15 women professionals, who each discussed pursuing an education and career in STEM. She also spoke about her mentorship experience on the TechWomen program and hosted a Design Thinking session modeled after a program workshop attended by Emerging Leaders in October 2014.

Report Date...: 3/2/2015

ScienceCEO

Fellow(s): Nozi Gumede

Country: South Africa

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Nozi Gumede presented her new organization ScienceCEO, which focuses on girls education and empowerment in STEM, at a local church in South Africa. ScienceCEO aims to educate and empower women and girls to invent and innovate in STEM fields through education, mentorship, and dialogue.

Report Date...: 3/2/2015

Global Fund for Women IGNITE

Fellow(s): Rita Abdullah

Country: Lebanon

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Rita Abdullah was featured in the Global Fund’s IGNITE video series on women in STEM. The IGNITE video series, showcases women’s work in science and technology, focusing on leadership, entrepreneurship, investment, and mentoring.

Report Date...: 1/12/2015

Women Who Code Algeria

Fellow(s): Fatma Zohra Djoudjou, Racha Bia

Country: Algeria

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls

Fatma and Racha launched a Women Who Code chapter in Algeria. WWC is a global nonprofit offering women workshops, speaking events, and mentorships to develop their careers in STEM.

Report Date...: 12/8/2014