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Digital skills are transforming the future for girls in Jordan
Sireen, 21, in the Digital Skills for a Better Future lab in Amman Sireen, 21, in the Digital Skills for a Better Future lab in Amman “For the first time in my life, I started to feel a sense of responsibility, self-reliance and independence,” said 21-year-old Sireen Khaled from Amman, who got her first job in data collection and entry after…, UNICEF’s Digital Skills for a Better Future programme is generously supported by funding from Chloé, the...
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3.84 billion is the population of girls around the world, that is 3.84 billion agents of change, creativity, determination, and empowerment. Despite this number, contributing to almost half of the world’s population, girls around the world still fight for better opportunities, to achieve equality for their generation, and the future ones. Girls in…, girls can, be activists, change-makers, tech-savvies, artists, innovators, environmentalists, and ...
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According to the Global Gender Gap Index 2020, Jordan ranks 138th out of 153 countries on global gender equality, with a 145th ranking in women’s economic participation and opportunity, 81st in educational attainment, and 103rd in health and survival[1]. The Department of Statistics reports that women’s unemployme...
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“I don’t go to school during my period. I get embarrassed by the boys and girls in the class.” Every month, 12-year-old Zahra misses several days of school. She’s not alone. It’s normal among her group of female friends to miss up to one week of classes every month. The girls explain these absences by claiming to ...