2. Economic empowerment for rural women
Creating employment opportunities for rural women in the information, communication and technology sector in Costa Rica

4. CENTRAL AMERICA

5. ICT development concentration
TIC-as
ICT development concentration
A model to develop an ICT cluster with young women leadership

6. 80/20 Men/women ICT is a sector of economic opportunities
32% national exportation, growing 9% each year
employments
Requirement: employment per year for just 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

8. 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

9. Kids
Adolescents
Young women
Professional women

11. 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