The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission(NTRC) and the Information and Communication(ICT) Unit joined forces today to mark the tenth Girls in ICT Day under the theme ‘Connecting Girls, Creating Brighter Futures’.
Assistant Engineer at the NTRC and Lead coordinator of Girls in ICT Day, Melisha Toussaint said that the day seeks to encourage young girls to pursue Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education as well as careers in ICT.
Meanwhile, featured speaker Dr. Nadine Shillingford Wondem, computer security consulting engineer encouraged the young ladies to pursue careers in ICT fields. She said that while she works in a field dominated by men, she is quite capable of doing her job and doing it well.
Wondem who is from the village of St.Joseph also encouraged the young girls to be careful with what they share online as it never really disappears and engineers like herself are able to retrieve it.
Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Mrs. Gloria Joseph represented the Minister of Telecommunications who was unable to be present. She encouraged the young girls to challenge the status quo and go after careers in ICT if they so desire. She pledged the Government’s commitment in collaboration with regional and international agencies ‘to continue to connect the unconnected’. She said that the ministry is committed to have 100% broadband connectivity by the end of the year.
The ceremony also featured other women in ICT such as Web Developers and IT consultants.
