Economic empowerment for rural women Creating employment opportunities for rural women in the information, communication and technology sector in Costa Rica
CENTRAL AMERICA
ICT development concentration TIC-as ICT development concentration A model to develop an ICT cluster with young women leadership
80/20 Men/women ICT is a sector of economic opportunities 32% national exportation, growing 9% each year 85.000 employments Requirement: 7.000 employment per year for just 1.000 graduates per year. 80/20 Men/women Google accepts problems with its workforce diversity and proposes changes 80% are men and 61% are white. May, 29, 2014
Employment and entrepreneurship Reducing stereotypes in the girls-tech relationship Girls leadership at ICT teams Girls and ICT clubs in libraries Developing interest for ICT at high schools Tech Coffee: Strengthening leadership, techniques and entrepreneurship Hackaton for women Creating ICT enterprises with women leadership Changing public programs (finance, capacity building, support) Creating gender equity conditions in universities Creating opportunities for women in enterprises Girl to girl: women networking Employment and entrepreneurship Girls Strategy Holistic approach Networking and partnering Action-Research Women intergeneration network Creating technology Women leadership Strengthening leadership, technical capacity and entrepreneurship Youth Students
Kids Adolescents Young women Professional women
Lesson learnt Mobile is the most important ICT tool in our rural context Women leadership High technical level is possible Collective approach Diversity Technology to solve local needs Business models (creating economic opportunities) Networking and intergeneration women solidarity Family support