By Nhasala Joshi | Co-founder
Women Leaders in Technology (WLiT) completed the WLiT Fellowship 2023/24, our annual flagship program is specifically designed and implemented to bring more young women into tech, help them attain leadership positions in personal and professional endeavors, and use that knowledge and influence to ensure the technology sector is gender inclusive, equitable, and used for positive causes.
15 young female tech students were selected for this cohort of fellowship which happened in Kathmandu,through an open call, application and interviews.
During the 3 weeks bootcamp, they were trained on leadership skills alongside technical training, at the end of which they built a product prototype solving an issue close to them in the form of a website/app. Over the next 8 months, they received mentorship with program alumni or a young female tech professional, kickstarted their tech career with a three-month working internship/traineeship at a partner company, and each led a School Activity Program introducing coding and internet safety to 419 young public school students and showing them scope of tech careers. After the fellowship completion, they some have joined in as volunteers.
The alumni of the program go on to become part of the larger community also engaging in conversations such as gender equality in tech, feminist technology and inclusive workplace, etc. They even join WLiT as the mentors, facilitators, curriculum developers, etc in a few years of being in the community. The collective cadre of young women in tech thus create more space for upcoming women in technology and advocate for feminist technological principles.
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