"Girls can change their lives and their community with these skills"

Half of the world’s young people may not have the digital skills needed for future employment by the year 2030. For girls and young women, the challenge is even greater because of gender and cultural discrimination.

Theirworld has been working since 2016 to help young, often marginalised females smash through those barriers - firstly through our Code Clubs and now with our Skills for Their Future project, which last year reached 1,600 girls in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.

We’re excited to share a new video made to mark yesterday’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We went to Temeke Secondary School in Tanzania, where we run a Skills for Their Future programme with our partner BRAC. It has been so successful it’s being expanded into other schools.

Sixteen-year-old Jennifer tells how gaining computer skills has changed her life and that of her family. And her teachers talk about the girls growing in confidence thanks to the programme.

It’s a brilliant, inspiring example of how educated girls in particular can be a positive influence on their friends and their community

Watch the video - and then learn more about the Tanzania programme in our latest website story.

Join us and help more girls like Jennifer develop Skills for Their Future.

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The Their News team