Intel At DeKUT

Intel She will connect program 2015| closing the Internet gender gap by connecting girls and women to opportunity through technology.

Technology and the Internet is transforming the lives of billions of people across the planet. In new and profound ways, people are connecting to the world. It functions as a gateway to ideas, resources, and opportunities that never could have been realized before, let alone fathomed. All around the world, the Internet is helping people to imagine new possibilities.  But research clearly shows that girls and women are being left behind.

We believe education is a fundamental right for everyone and technology opens doors to opportunity. Women throughout the world alike are being marginalized. Unemployment and illiteracy are some of the biggest hindrances in the lives of women. Women struggle to earn minimum wages as finding jobs is no easy task. Without access to the Internet, women lack access to its tools, resources and opportunities, therefore resulting into Internet gender gap, which has very serious consequences, not just for women and girls but also for the society at large.

For all this reasons, American multinational technology company, Intel Corporation has launched the ‘She will connect’ program that is set to improve the lives of women and girls around the world through technology.  

The program brings together a range of global and local partners, with strong gender, ICT and development programming expertise. The program aims to close the internet gender gap, connecting millions of girls and women to opportunity. Using an innovative combination of digital literacy training, an online peer network, and gender-relevant content, the program will help young women acquire or improve digital literacy skills and expand their understanding and use of technology.

Showing women and girls the potential of the web will showcase ways in which women and girls can uplift themselves.  It will support more job and income opportunity, better access to healthcare and financial services, and better access to financial information, government services and entrepreneurship opportunities. It is to this end that Intel would like to expand the She Will Connect program to the Kenyan women and girls.

With digital literacy skills, young women will have a better chance to increase their income, receive better education, enhance their political participation and have a stronger voice in their communities. She Will Connect is going to be hugely transformational to women, families and communities and is crucial for sustainable development.

This is indeed the best time in the history of the world to be a girl/lady. There are so many opportunities that girls and women can connect with through technology. Kindly follow the conversation online using the hashtag #SheWillConnect #IntelAtDekut on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platform.