On the occasion of International Women's Day & under the patronage of Dr. Amr Talaat
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Dr. Nagwa El Shenawy, Undersecretary for Information and Decision Support on behalf of Ministry of Communications & Information Technology in collaboration with Google International launched the "MAHRAT" training program, developed by Google to bridge the growing gap between the workforce and skills required in the market.
This is carried out to guarantee providing youth, especially girls, with the necessary skills to take advantage of future job opportunities, improve their professional lives and develop their businesses, and help them prepare for the career path they dream of.
More than 100 students from the faculties of Engineering, Computers & Information Technology from the Universities of Cairo and Ain Shams participated in the training program.
The training is part of the MCIT's 2019 program "Women and ICT" initiative launched by MCIT in 2016 in the presence of H.E. the President at the Cairo ICT Conference and Exhibition to support Egyptian women and girls to empower them economically and socially using ICTs.
MCIT is scheduled to organize further training courses this year to introduce this initiative and to provide more women and girls with different backgrounds and in different governorates with the digital skills needed to help them develop their careers.
