Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC

Inclusion

W.TEC Marks Women & Girls in Science Day with Lafarge Africa PLC

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press release Friday February 12th 2021 The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) collaborated with Lafarge Africa PLC to mark 2021 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Thursday February 11th with a virtual career fair for secondary school girls in select 10 schools across Nigeria. Each school had 20girls totaling 200 …

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W.TEC's New Staying Safe Online Initiative for Women & Girls

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] W.TEC in 2020 supported the annual ‘’16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women’’ with a new campaign format which this time will be a continuous programme for W.TEC to put staying safe online on the front-burner. In the past W.TEC organises series Staying safe online workshops for ladies and girls in higher institutions …

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W.TEC 16 Days of Activism 2020 Campaign

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The annual global campaign – “16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women” is here again. Slated for (November 25 – December 10) is set aside to create a sustained awareness for the fight against gender based violence. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off …

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W.TEC Academy Trains Girls Solar Technology in Ogun State

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) recently held the graduation ceremony for participants of her after school computer training programme for girls – W.TEC Academy in Ogun state. This phase of training involved  100 secondary school  female students select schools in Yewa North LGA – Obalaju High School and Joga Orile, also same at …

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W.TEC Academy Goes Green in Ogun State

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] W.TEC’s Academy makes a quick return to train our Ogun state participants at Ilaro and Joga-Orile the art of harnessing renewable energy using improvised electronics. The quick training is due to constraints from recent COVID19 restrictions and protocols. Thankfully with the window of opportunity we were able to squeeze in something amazing for our …

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W.TEC Academy Gears Up In Ogun State

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) Girls Academy is gearing up to resume in Ogun state as staff of the organization are currently taking the facilitators through a programme called “Train the Trainer”. The W.TEC Academy is an afterschool technology club, which presents technology in an engaging way, with the aim of attracting …

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W.TEC Inaugurates MentorHER 2020 – 2021

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (WTEC) recently held the inauguration for her MentorHER 2020 – 2021 pogramme which is slated for 6 months is featuring and Mentees majorly from across Nigeria and Mentors from all over world. W.TEC’s MentorHER Programme is aimed at supporting young women studying STEM courses at the tertiary level, sharing important technical …

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Aisha Yesufu is our WCW for this Week

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Our #WCW this week is a woman who needs no introduction. Aisha Yesufu (born 1974) is a Nigerian socio-political activist, and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, an advocacy group that brings attention to the abduction of over 200 girls, from a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria, on 14 April 2014, by the terrorist group Boko Haram. Yesufu was among the women …

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An Afternoon of Knowledge Exchange Awaits!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Another afternoon of knowledge exchange awaits! Two organisations leading their countries towards a future of gender equality in tech Women Go Tech ?? and W-tec Nigeria ?? will get together to talk about how the global tech gender gap can be closed further.After a round of introductions, Diana Česonytė, program director at WGT, will present their approach to empowering …

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