Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I learnt a song when I was younger and the chorus rang “It’s a small world after all…” I can’t remember any of the other words. These lyrics came back to me when I visited Port Elizabeth in South Africa, as part of a study visit for the Digital Generation Youth project on which my …
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Yay! We are excited to announce the nomination of W.TEC for the World Summit on the Information Society Prizes 2020 also known as the WSIS Prizes. W.TEC is nominated in the 3rd category of the awards (C3: Access to information and knowledge) alongside 19 other amazing initiatives from around the globe. For W.TEC to win …
Dear friends, The 2019 camp season has come and gone and ended on an unbelievably high note. Again, it was another year of some memorable firsts!! (Click here to read full 2019 Q3 Report by our ED) Over the last 3 months, W.TEC: Completed the 2019 She Creates Camp Season & Recorded Highest Number of …
One of the major achievements of the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC in 2019 was the expansion of her She Creates Camps to 4 camps across the Nation. By this, the vision of bringing the ultimate fun learning experience to many more girls across Nigeria is finally taking shape with the camps being held strategically around …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lagos – Nigeria November 2019 In November 2019, W.TEC commenced her 2019 – 16 Days of Activism program for the Elimination of Violence against Women and girls. W.TEC supports the movement annually with a series of Safer Internet workshops for girls and women for the past 9 years in secondary schools and higher institutions. The …
By Oreoluwa Lesi I think it’s important to continually expand and deepen one’s field of knowledge. And being a social entrepreneur for the last dozen odd years, means that I have sought out books, articles, podcasts, interviews and other opportunities to learn more about social entrepreneurship. Over the last few years, my interest has increasingly …
Yesterday we presented awards to participants of our Girls Voices for Change Program at Lagos City College, Sabo – Yaba, Lagos. The gifts presented to our participants were an award from our workshop-partners, Girls’ Voices for Change to support their education with schooling and study materials to help their studies. Girls Voices for Change partnered with …
W.TEC's Participants of Girls Voices for Change Contest, Presented Gift Awards. Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press Release: October 31st 2019 Lagos – Nigeria The STEAMHer Series, a monthly STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths) training program for secondary schools has taken-off in Lagos. This is an initiative of the United Nations Information Centre – Lagos (UNIC-Lagos) in conjunction with Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) . The main objective …
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The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is excited to announce the appointment of her Executive Director, Mrs. Oreoluwa Lesi to the Advisory Board of BudgIT,a civil organisation that uses technology to simplify the budget, and matters of public spending for citizens with the primary aim, of raising standards of transparency and accountability in government. Mrs. …
W.TEC Executive Director Joins BudgIT Advisory Board Read More »
MAIN FUNCTIONS The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is seeking a Research and Documentation Officer, who will coordinate the organisation’s gender and technology-centered research, writing and publication work. This includes providing research input for the analysis required to develop, implement, review and evaluate new and existing programmes and activities; leading research into pertinent and cutting-edge …
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