62 Results Are Tagged With "Women and Girls Empowerment"
Access for Girls [A TechGirls Video Portrait]
Manal Elyaalaoui, a 2014 TechGirl participant, is increasing access to creativity for women and girls in Morocco.
Inspiring Girls in Technology [A TechGirl Video Portrait]
Kenza Arab, a 2014 TechGirl participant from Algeria, is inspiring youth to follow their dreams.
Expanding Resources for Girls [A TechGirl Video Portrait]
Tala Sallam, a 2014 TechGirl participant from Jordan, is expanding resources for women and girls in her home community.
Getting Down To Business in Tunisia
After participating in a 2012 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) focused on entrepreneurship and women’s issues, Leila helped establish a partnership between the Tunis Business School, where she teaches, and the World Trade Organization Chairs Programme (WCP), where she is a newly-minted Chair.
OneBeat, YALI Alumnus "Gets Loud" About Social Justice
OneBeat and Mandela Washington Fellowship alumnus Alain Chirwisa of the DRC makes socially conscious music and art, focusing on social justice and women's issues.
I Can Do the Impossible! #IdeasArePower
Radia Soulmani, 2013 TechGirls Alumna from Safi, Morocco, tells us how TechGirls inspired her to help her community.
Believe in Yourself!
Khadija Bencekri, 2012 TechGirl Moroccan alumna from Zagora, teaches HTML to young girls in her home community. She also organized the fist ever TEDx in Zagora, Morocco.
Alumna Mentors and Finances Other Women Business Leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Alumna Patricia Nzolantima returned home after her exchange and started a micro finance program to help local entrepreneurs start medical supply stores.
YALI Alumna Encourages Women in Zimbabwe to be Active in Their Communities
Through her organization, Zimbabwe Young Women's Network for Peace Building (ZYWNP), 2011 YALI Alumna Grace Chirenje helped mobilize 500 young women through community dialogues to register to vote in 2013 elections.