“Expand Horizons, Change Attitudes” forum

“Expand Horizons, Change Attitudes” forum will be held at the American University of Armenia (AUA) to encourage Armenian girls to choose a career in information and communication technologies.

This year more than two hundred school-girls and fifty mentors from Armenian schools have participated in “Technovation” program – World’s largest technology entrepreneurship competition for girls. During 12-week training they have learned four modules: coding, business, marketing and presentation.

Young girls formed max five members teams, identified a problem in their community and developed a mobile app to solve it, and launch a start-up.

Twenty- three mobile applications have been developed by Armenian young schoolgirls in the course of the program. .

Celebration of the International “Girls in ICT” Day is a good opportunity for schoolgirls to share their developed application with their peers, as well to share with interesting meetings and speak about the acquired new skills during app development.

The forum will be organized by the ‘Women and Information Society’ NGO, with the support of the American University of Armenia, the National Institute of Education of the Republic of Armenia and with information support from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The ‘Girls in ICT’ day has been celebrated in Armenia since 2012.

Language of the event: Armenian