Memo: Wanted: more women in digital jobs. European Commission supports global Girls in ICT Day

How can we encourage more young female tech talent into digital jobs? The European Commission, European Parliament and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) came together on Girls in ICT Day (25 April 2013) to find new ways of encouraging girls to take up careers in ICT and to show them the opportunities on offer.

Girls in ICT Day complements the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs, the Commission's partnership with Europe's digital businesses, governments, training and education sectors to boost digital jobs and training. It is also part of the Commission's wider efforts to attract young women to science, technology, engineering, and mathematic subjects and into research careers. Girls in ICT Day is an ITU initiative that has been held annually since 2010 around the world. It is one element of ITU's on-going Tech Needs Girls campaign.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: European Commission launches Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-european-commission-launches-grand-coalition-for-digital-jobs/

European Commission: Rapid: SPEECH/13/366: ICT and Women http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-366_en.htm

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