Centre wants digital technology easily accessible to girls, women for better society

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By Ude Ogbonnaya Israel, Bauchi

The Centre for Information Technology and Digital Development (CITAD) has stressed the need to make digital Technology easily accessible for young women and girls in order to better their lives in the society.

This was made known by resource persons at a digital policy leadership training for young women held in Bauchi on Monday.

One of the Resource persons Dr. Aminu Aliyu of Department of Economics Bayero University Kano noticed that there are lots of digital divides which affect the potential of women adding that digital technology can facilitate access.

He asserted that income, rural-urban, education status, and age divides are some of the factors worsening gender digital divides.

He further suggested that to close the digital divide gap, there is need to fast tract education, employment and entrepreneurship among young girls especially, who are mostly victims.

Also Speaking, Harira Wakili of CITAD maintained that over ninety percent of Jobs worldwide already have a digital component as they will soon require a sophisticated digital skill.

She said CITAD intervention in bridging gender digital marginalisation has reflected in capacity building, stakeholder, policy, media engagements and advocacy.

Speaking to our correspondent, Gender Technical Desk Officer for CITAD Zainab Aminu said the leadership training is to empower young women to be policy advocates in their respective rural communities.

One of the participants who spoke to Apex News Exclusive Hannah Kabrang said she hoped to be equipped on how to bridge the digital gap currently confrontly the space especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Another participant, Mamuna Suleiman observed the need to be strategic and put the training knowledge in context, insisting that some factors like culture, religion, location and timing have significant influences on the achievements or otherwise of such noble objectives of the training.

Our correspondent learnt that participants drawn from Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi are, at the end of the two days training meant to draft an action point that will guide them to further advance the advocacy in policy making and other areas at rural communities.