International Girls in ICT Day

International Girls in ICT Day

<img class="wp-image-24684 size-thumbnail alignright" src="https://www.wikigender.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Girls-in-ICT-Day_shutterstock_1232538379-150×150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />The fourth Thursday of April, this year April 23, marks the International Girls in ICT Day, an initiative by ITU Member States in Plenipotentiary Resolution 70 to generate a global environment that encourages girls and women to pursue careers in information and communication technologies (ICT).

To celebrate the Day in 2020, ITU will host an online dialogue on <a href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Women-and-Girls/Girls-in-ICT-Portal/Pages/GirlsInICTDay/2020/default.aspx">Girls in ICT: Inspiring the Next Generation</a> on April 23 at 14h30 (Paris time).

Apart from that, ITU will feature virtual celebrations around the world in a <a href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Women-and-Girls/Girls-in-ICT-Portal/Pages/GirlsInICTDay/2020/24h-event.aspx">24-hour World Tour of Girls in ICT Day</a>. In light of COVID-19, organizations have transformed initially planned on-site events into online celebrations. For more information about the online events visit<a href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Women-and-Girls/Girls-in-ICT-Portal/Pages/GirlsInICTDay/2020/24h-event.aspx"> ITU’s website</a> or follow their Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/ITU_BDTDirector">@ITU_BDTDirector</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ITUGirlsInICT/?eid=ARBWDius04WuZ5F3mfcO2gH5TWBrnz71vX6GNjv2TqQtxS6mJwy4qGeZ4VIjtv1l9ntBNlVDK-Q5yrbi">ITU Girls in ICT Facebook page</a>​.