A national workshop on the «Digital Upskilling of Women and Girls in Tunisia» is organized on September 4-7 in Tunis by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) gender equality and women empowerment section in partnership with the Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Seniors and the Ministry of Communication Technologies, the Commission said in a press release.
The goal is to increase the country’s capacity to run its training programs by training trainers in the field of digitalization, building a critical mass of women and girls with relevant skills for future jobs while preparing them to leverage the information economy and increasing digital demand, according to the “Zawya website.
According to the ECA official website, digital marketing, online outreach, connecting women to regional and global markets and information streams, digital content creation, how to harness the information economy, and utilizing emerging tools, including artificial intelligence and workflow automation.
A later phase of the project planned for 2024 will focus on e-commerce, digital finance, space science, and remote sensing to boost women’s contribution to agriculture and climate resilience.
This project is part of ECA efforts across Africa to increase women’s low usage and participation in the digital space despite high numbers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates. «Our program helps women to navigate identified security concerns that hinder their utilization of technologies and introduces them to emerging tools that save their time and boost economic empowerment, » said Keiso Matashane-Marite, ECA Chief of the section for Gender Affairs ahead of the training.
For her part, Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Director of the ECA office for North Africa, stressed the importance of including more women in the Tunisian workforce to increase the country’s capacity for inclusive growth, reduce income inequality and mitigate the impact of population aging on the labor force.
