Girls Can Code And Girls Should Code in Afghanistan!

My experience as a Technical Supervisor of The Womanity Foundations’ ” Girls Can Code” Program, IT Expert, consultant and lecturer Every year, many bright girls graduate from high schools with good scores and, while many compete to entry University to secure a place in their faculties of choice, a huge number do not pursue higher education […]

The positive gains of teaching girls to code in Afghanistan By Elizabeth Rector

The positive gains of teaching girls to code in Afghanistan By Elizabeth Rector

Elizabeth Rector is The Womanity Foundation program leader for Girls Can Code in Afghanistan, teaching high school students to code. The project, implemented in two of Kabul’s biggest girls schools, launches in April 2016. For most of my business career, my aspirations have shifted between growing and transforming businesses as a commercial leader and making […]

Advancing Girls' Education in Afghanistan

“Women who have undertaken an educational path are more likely to send their children to school… They can work and contribute to the family income, sharing with their husband the burden of sustaining, economically, the family and improving the quality of their life …” – Senior officer in education, Womanity Foundation Afghanistan. The Challenge Under the […]