Exploring the best practices of NGOs in IT-related empowering solutions for women and girls: The case of Armenia and Poland
2024, 69, Numer 1
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The article aims to explore the best practices of NGOs in empowering women and girls through IT-related solutions and reveals the obstacles that women face in this career path, as well as discusses the importance of developing their digital skills and encouraging them to choose STEM and ICT professions as an essential way to address the gender inequality in the digital labor market. It focuses on analyzing this situation in two countries: Armenia and Poland, and examines activities of four NGOs (two from each country) aimed at developing women’s digital skills and encouraging them to choose STEM and ICT-related professions. The article shows that: 1) Polish and Armenian women are reluctant to choose STEM and ICT professions and are passive in the STEM and ICT job market, facing similar obstacles, such as gender based stereotypes in their societies or lack of role models; 2) The ways NGOs take to overcome these obstacles and methods of attracting Polish and Armenian women to this sector include providing more role models, raising awareness about the benefits of this sector, and implementing more projects that support women careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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