UNESCO PUTS GIRLS AT THE HEART OF TANZANIA’S DIGITAL FUTURE

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Efforts to prepare Tanzanian girls for the rapidly expanding digital economy are taking a new direction, with UNESCO calling for gender to be placed at the centre of digital skills education to ensure that girls are not left behind in the country’s digital transformation.

The call comes as Tanzania, through collaboration with UNESCO and Beijing Normal University (BNU), implements the “Closing the Digital Divide: Ensuring Gender-Transformative Digital Skills Education for Women and Girls” project, an initiative aimed at strengthening digital skills while addressing barriers that continue to limit girls’ participation in technology and innovation.