INTRO
Microsoft Egypt Citizenship partnered with UNDP to host the "Aspire Woman" four day technical camp which brought together 30 youth female students to develop their leadership and technical skills. The female youth learned how to develop universal applications that focused on women’s empowerment. The “Aspire Woman” initiative aims to empower young women leaders of the future; build the technology, business and soft skills and create economic opportunities for young women. The initiative has reached almost 60,000 Egyptian Youth and provided economic opportunities for over 2,000 woman through freelance, micro-entrepreneur and job placement opportunities.
SDGs
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Strenghten the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development
Methodolgies
Innovation Camps
Countries
Egypt
Funded
No
Start Date
2014
End Date