Govind Tekale
This is women’s era. Young girls and women are making history daily. In order to promote the cause of girls in ICT (Information and Communication Technology), International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of April every year. This year it is on April 24.
The theme of 2025 IG (International Girls) in ICT Day is: “Girls in ICT for Inclusive Digital Transformation.” This year, The global celebration is co-hosted by CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) and the Arab States region as a hybrid event. It features a live link between Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Nouakchott, Mauritania.
The discussion and debate about IG in ICT by distinguished panelists will go live for a global audience. In Bishkek, the event is being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Development and Innovative Technologies of the Kyrgyz Republic. In Nouakchott, the celebration will be held in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transition, Innovation, and Modernization of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Everyone is invited to celebrate Girls in ICT Day in their countries and communities across the globe. The goals of International Girls in ICT Day are: Encourage girls and young women to join the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) stream of education; Inspire girls and young women to work in STEM careers; Engage the community and promote collaboration through partnerships.
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So far, nearly 417,000 girls and young women have participated in 11,590 events celebrating International Girls in ICT Day in 175 countries worldwide. Governments, national ICT regulating authorities, ICT companies, academic institutions, and UN agencies across the world are all encouraged to join the movement and celebrate IG on ICT Day.
On April 25, the UN Women are joining the world to mark the International Girls in ICT Day. The UN Women want to draw attention to the cultural need for more girls and young women in the ICT sector. Technology is playing a role in all kinds of careers from art and history to law, primary teaching and graphic design.
Learning technical skills at a young age will set girls up for economic independence. The ICT sector needs more girls and young women. The jobs of the future will be driven by technology. Around 65% of children entering primary school today will have jobs that do not yet exist.
Girls want to learn technical skills. They aspire to join new ventures of innovation. Girls like 16-year-old Jakomba, who has started a robotics club at her school in Gambia; Nino, who arranges hackathons for young girls in Georgia; and Eno, who built a drone at a coding camp in Ethiopia, are role models for a new generation of girls and young women aspiring to join the ICT sector.
The ITU began celebrating Girls in ICT Day since April 8, 2011 after the Resolution 70 at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2010. Since then, the Day is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in April to empower women and girls through ICT for their educational and socio-economic development.
