Women's Technology Empowerment Centre Explained

Women's Technology Empowerment Centre
Abbreviation:W.TEC
Founder:Oreoluwa Lesi
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Purpose:Technology education for women
Location City:Lagos
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The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is a non-profit organization that provides technology education for women and girls in Nigeria.[1] [2] W.TEC offers services and programs including mentoring, training, technology camps, awareness campaigns, collaborative projects, and research and publication in order to empower women.[3]

History

Oreoluwa Lesi had noticed a gender gap in the knowledge of Information and communications technology in Nigeria and other African countries. She founded the organization in 2008 in Lagos.[4]

Over the years, W.TEC has extended its scope, reaching over 26,000 participants and expanding into Kwara and Anambra states.[5] [6]

In 2017, Facebook partnered with W.TEC to improve Internet safety.[7]

Services

W.TEC's work includes technology-training programmes for girls through intensive girls-only camps and technology clubs in W.TEC academy.[8] During the camps and after-school clubs, the girls learn to create and innovate with technology by building and making websites, web applications, video games, films, and other digital content.[9] In the words of Adeola Akinyemiju, the Finance Director, W.TEC "is training girls on electronic and digital circuit technologies, web designs to bridge the gender gap in the engineering space."[10] [11] The organisation advocates against and works to break down gender stereotypes, especially with respect to careers.[12]

Programmes operated by W.TEC include:

Reception

In March 2019, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, visited W.TEC as part of a worldwide tour in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Web.[14] [15] During his visit, he spoke about the "Contract for the Web". He later remarked that his audience, largely composed of young girls, had "wonderful energy and creativity".[16] In 2020, Time magazine asked Tim Berners-Lee to write to a young person or group of young people of his own choosing. He chose the girls of W.TEC.[17]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigeria History, Population, Flag, Map, Languages, Capital, & Facts Britannica . 2022-04-29 . www.britannica.com . en.
  2. Web site: Segun-Amao . Bimbola . CPAfrica interviews Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi of Women's Technology Empowerment Centre . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401152536/https://www.cp-africa.com/2015/07/31/cpafrica-interviews-oreoluwa-somolu-lesi-of-womens-technology-empowerment-centre/ . 2019-04-01 . 16 February 2017 . CPAFRICA.
  3. Web site: Omeruo . Kenneth . 2015-07-02 . Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) Nigeria Announces its 8th Girls Technology Camp for August 2015 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20170216223639/https://www.techtrendsng.com/womens-technology-empowerment-centre-w-tec-nigeria-announces-its-8th-girls-technology-camp-for-august-2015/ . 2017-02-16 . 16 February 2017 . TechTrendsng.
  4. Book: Homawoo, Jemima . Empowering Women in STEM . InStepp . Nigeria's Women's Technology Empowerment Centre . 30 January 2016 . 16 February 2017 . http://www.instepp.org/empowering-women-in-stem-series-nigerias-womens-technology-empowerment-centre/.
  5. Web site: 26,214 teachers, pupils benefit from STEM programmes . 8 February 2018 . 2020-04-15 . Punch . 0331-2666.
  6. Web site: Okafor . Izunna . 2019-09-12 . Group organises summer ICT training for girls . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026011905/https://www.nationallightngr.com/2019/09/12/group-organises-summer-ict-training-for-girls/ . 26 Oct 2019 . 2020-04-15 . National Light.
  7. Web site: 2017-02-07 . Facebook rallies partners to unite for a safer, better Internet . 16 February 2017 . BusinessGhana . APO.
  8. Web site: 25 Aug 2016 . ICT academies promote self-employment - Operators . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125171052/https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/08/25/ict-academies-promote-self-employment-operators/ . 25 Jan 2021 . 2020-04-15 . P.M. News.
  9. Web site: 2019-04-07 . Oreoluwa Lesi gave innov8tiv a walk through of how she found Women's Technology Empowerment Center (W.TEC) . 2020-04-15 . Innov8tiv.
  10. News: Ihuoma . Chidinma . August 28, 2019 . NGO trains 50 girls on electronic circuit technologies, web designs . Nigerian Xpress . April 15, 2020.
  11. Web site: WTEC empowers 50 schoolgirls on technology skills . 12 September 2019 . 2020-04-15 . Punch.
  12. Web site: 2018-10-29 . Centre bemoans education career stereotype against girls . 2020-04-15 . The Guardian.
  13. Somolu . Oreoluwa . Oreoluwa Lesi . 2013 . Radio for Women's Development: Examining the Relationship between Access and Impact . Nokoko . Carleton University . 3 . 97–107 . 2369-0240.
  14. Web site: Ekwealor . Victor . 2019-03-13 . Inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee is in Lagos, Nigeria . 2020-04-15 . Techpoint Africa.
  15. Web site: Abubakar . Idris . 2019-03-13 . Tim Berners Lee Visits Lagos to Mark 30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web . 2020-04-15 . Technext.
  16. 1105791945933275136 . timberners_lee . Wonderful energy and creativity . Berners-Lee . Tim.
  17. Book: Berners-Lee, Tim . Letters to Young People Who Inspire Us, By Six Prominent People . 2020-01-16 . Time . A letter to the girls at the Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) in Lagos, Nigeria. . 2020-04-15.
  18. Web site: The State of the World's Girls 2009: Girls in the Global Economy . 2020-04-15 . Plan International.
  19. Web site: GEM-Tech Awards 2014: Finalists . 2020-04-15 . International Telecommunication Union.
  20. News: July 8, 2019 . Nigeria Internet Registration Association . April 15, 2020 . 13 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200513050829/https://nira.org.ng/pdf/2019.ngAwards_winners.pdf . dead .
  21. Web site: EQUALS in Tech 2019 Award Winners . April 15, 2020.
  22. Web site: PRESS RELEASE EQUALS in Tech Awards celebrate five outstanding initiatives to promote digital gender equality . 2020-04-15 . equals . 24 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224064809/https://www.equals.org/single-post/2019/11/27/PRESS-RELEASE-EQUALS-in-Tech-Awards-celebrate-five-outstanding-initiatives-to-promote-digital-gender-equality . dead .
  23. Web site: WSIS Prizes 2020 . 2020-04-15 . International Telecommunication Union.

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