NDLI: Opening doors - technological educational opportunities and leadership initiatives for the Emirate girls

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Al Yousuf, B. Ganglani, J. Rajan, A.V. Mustafa, G.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Information Technology, Dubai Women's College - Higher Colleges of Technology, P.O, Box 16062, United Arab Emirates (Al Yousuf, B.; Ganglani, J.; Rajan, A.V.; Mustafa, G.)
Abstract	Women are into computing and technology since computers were first envisioned. But studies have proven that women are under represented in the field of technology. Research results show that the school girls are using computers and the Internet at rates similar to their male peers. But at the same time, girls are five times less likely to consider a technology-related career or plan on taking post-secondary technology classes. Therefore efforts are being taken all around the world to attract women into Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). One such endeavour was the Digigirlz day organised at the Dubai Women's College. This is first ever project organised in the United Arab Emirates to create awareness on the technological educational opportunities for the Emirate school girls. This paper describes the objective of the project, expected results, deployment approach, SWOT analysis and results achieved.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	6
File Size	6820223
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424457540
e-ISBN	9781424457571
e-ISBN	9781424457564
DOI	10.1109/CTIT.2009.5423114
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-12-15
Publisher Place	United Arab Emirates
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Engineering profession Digigirlz Peer to peer computing Educational technology Educational institutions Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Information technology Information analysis Computer science Education Communications technology Internet Technological educational opportunities
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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