Thursday, April 27, 2017
Telecommunications firm FLOW says it will be taking the lead role by encouraging more Jamaican women and girls to consider careers in the field of information communication technology (ICT). The company, meanwhile, will for the second year join thousands across the globe to celebrate International Girls in ICT Day, when it participates in two local events to mark annual Girls in ICT Day, organised by the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR).
FLOW is sponsor of the two events that will see more than 400 girl students engaged in mentorship sessions and other activities, led largely by local women leaders in the ICT profession.
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| Students at last years event |
Through the annual Girls in ICT Day Conference, which is being hosted by the OUR, more than 300 female students from high schools across the island will meet at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston for a full day of presentations to promote opportunities and careers available at the various ICT agencies and organisations.
Awards will be presented to OUR manager for ICT regulation and policy, Evona Channer, who has been recognised as “OUR's ICT Role Model 2016”; Dr Moniphia Hewling, cybercrimes consultant in the Ministry of Science Energy and Technology, will receive the “Girls in ICT Role Model 2016” award, while vice-president for legal and regulatory affairs at FLOW, Rochelle Cameron, has been selected as the “Girls in ICT Guru 2016”.
Director of consumer and public affairs at the OUR, Yvonne Nicholson, said, “Last year's staging of the event was very successful, with some 200 students and teachers from about 20 high schools across Jamaica attending and giving positive feedback on how helpful it was to them. This is our second year of hosting a Girls in ICT Day event, and we are very heartened by the level of sponsorship we have been able to obtain, to make this day possible.” more
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