The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), represented by Head Executive Assistant Patricia Nicole G. Uy, joined the Interactive Dialogue with Youth Representatives at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Know more:
THE Department of Information and Communications Technology , represented by Head Executive Assistant Patricia Nicole G. Uy, joined the Interactive Dialogue with Youth Representatives at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, to address the challenges faced by women and youth in ICT. She cited the Department’s initiatives that will build a safer space for women and children in the digital world.
Uy served as a speaker at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Interactive Dialogue on the priority theme, “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”. She is a member of the Philippine Delegation along with Undersecretary and Spokesperson Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo.
The DICT, she said, continues to provide ICT training, programming for children, physical and online learning platforms, and cybersecurity certifications, as well as provisions of laptops, tablets, and other ICT equipment. It has trained nearly 94,000 women in 1,100 capability development activities such as web and software development, blockchain, and cybersecurity in the last year.
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