Women going digital: Empowerment of the digital skills of unemployed women

Full Project name

Women going digital: Empowerment of the digital skills of unemployed women

Project acronym

Women Going Digital

Project fund

• Latsis Foundation 

Short description of the project

According to research data, women are under-represented in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), facing difficulties both in their inclusion in the digital labor market and in their daily lives.

In this context, the “Women Going Digital” program aims to:

• Strengthening the digital skills of unemployed women

• Upgrade their professional profile

• Facilitating their access to the (digital) labor market

• Raising awareness of low representation of women in ICT and taking action to converge on the gender digital divide

Methodologies used in the project

• WordPress Website Learning Tutorial 

• Soft skills training

• Networking with the job market

• Research on the low representation of women in the technology sector

Focus of project

• STEM education

Link to the project website

https://diotima.org.gr/en/cases/women-going-digital-empowerment-of-the-digital-amp-soft-skills-of-greek-unemployed-women-empowering-them-to-enter-the-job-market/

Project Start Year

2020

Project End Year

2020

Project Coordinator

Diotima Center

Country of Coordinator

• Greece