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Together with its project partners, HAKOM has celebrated the International Girls in ICT Day
PRESS RELEASE
The Republic of Croatia, as a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), through the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), and its partners in the project has celebrated the "International Girls in ICT Day " for the first time with a goal to promote the education and encourage the employment of young girls and women in the information communications technology.
Zagreb, 22, April, 2015 The celebration of the “International Girls in ICT Day” was held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb,( FER) The most important happening was the Round table entitled ” Girls and women in Croatian ICT”-Two Sides of a Coin-, which was organized by Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) together with partners of the project, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing and company Ericsson Nikola Tesla.
At the” International Girls in ICT Day” which brought together some prominent women at the leading positions in the ICT sector, as well as prominent experts and scientists, the discussions were held concerning the ICT sector generally, the role and position of women in the ICT sector in Croatia and the need for an increasing number of women to participate in the ICT sector where they are not represented enough.
The two introductory presentations showed the real proportion of young girls and women in the ICT sector starting with, how many of them enrol at the technical studies and later achieve their career goals. In the first introductory presentation entitled ”Female vs. Male Students /at FER Before & Today”, prof. Mirta Baranović, Phd, presented the statistics regarding the number of girls out of the total number of students at FER. Although there has been a constant growth in numbers of girls in that “male sector”, the proportion of female students is still considerably lower . The very title of the presentation ”There are few of us but we count” by Mrs. Mirjana Miholić(CROZ/Programerko) has shown how many women are at the moment involved in the ICT sector in Croatia.
The women who participated in the round table discussion, Mirta Baranović (FER), Gordana Kovačević (Ericsson), Vedrana Miholić (CROZ, Programerko), Ivana Matić (Women in Adria), Tanja Pušelj Ostroški (IN2) discussed about advantages and disadvantages of the career of women in ICT. Through an interaction with the audience, the participants answered the questions related to their employment decision to start their career in the ICT. They were interested in their experience, problems and challenges they were faced with as well.
The “International Girls in ICT Day” has been celebrated throughout the world since 2010.Over 111,000 girls and young women have taken part in more than 3,500 events held in 140 countries around the world so far. The organization was established by ITU and its role is to create global environment that empowers and encourages young girls to consider their career in information and communications technologies. Being an international initiative, it is celebrated throughout the world.
Within the framework of this initiative, HAKOM and its project partners organized the visit for high school and university students to the company Ericsson Nikola Tesla , where students had the opportunity to ask questions the Vice President of the company, Mrs. Gordana Kovačević. This visit has made a great contribution in encouraging young girls and women to consider their career in ICT sector in currently mostly” male sector”, although there has been a lack of experts all around the world.
Within the range of activities related to the celebration of “International Girls in ICT Day”, pupils and students have even visited the association “Programerko”. The association’s goal is to develop early ICT skills of preschool and primary school children.
The entire event and additional activities organized to celebrate the “International Girls in ICT day” have for its goal to change the perception of the ICT sector as a "male sector” and to encourage young women and girls to choose a career in the information and communications technologies.
The programme of the events can be found on the HAKOM website default.aspx?id=7000 and additional information about the event can be found on the ITU website: http://girlsinict.org/
# # #Zagreb, 22, April, 2015 The celebration of the “International Girls in ICT Day” was held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb,( FER) The most important happening was the Round table entitled ” Girls and women in Croatian ICT”-Two Sides of a Coin-, which was organized by Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) together with partners of the project, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing and company Ericsson Nikola Tesla.
At the” International Girls in ICT Day” which brought together some prominent women at the leading positions in the ICT sector, as well as prominent experts and scientists, the discussions were held concerning the ICT sector generally, the role and position of women in the ICT sector in Croatia and the need for an increasing number of women to participate in the ICT sector where they are not represented enough.
The two introductory presentations showed the real proportion of young girls and women in the ICT sector starting with, how many of them enrol at the technical studies and later achieve their career goals. In the first introductory presentation entitled ”Female vs. Male Students /at FER Before & Today”, prof. Mirta Baranović, Phd, presented the statistics regarding the number of girls out of the total number of students at FER. Although there has been a constant growth in numbers of girls in that “male sector”, the proportion of female students is still considerably lower . The very title of the presentation ”There are few of us but we count” by Mrs. Mirjana Miholić(CROZ/Programerko) has shown how many women are at the moment involved in the ICT sector in Croatia.
The women who participated in the round table discussion, Mirta Baranović (FER), Gordana Kovačević (Ericsson), Vedrana Miholić (CROZ, Programerko), Ivana Matić (Women in Adria), Tanja Pušelj Ostroški (IN2) discussed about advantages and disadvantages of the career of women in ICT. Through an interaction with the audience, the participants answered the questions related to their employment decision to start their career in the ICT. They were interested in their experience, problems and challenges they were faced with as well.
The “International Girls in ICT Day” has been celebrated throughout the world since 2010.Over 111,000 girls and young women have taken part in more than 3,500 events held in 140 countries around the world so far. The organization was established by ITU and its role is to create global environment that empowers and encourages young girls to consider their career in information and communications technologies. Being an international initiative, it is celebrated throughout the world.
Within the framework of this initiative, HAKOM and its project partners organized the visit for high school and university students to the company Ericsson Nikola Tesla , where students had the opportunity to ask questions the Vice President of the company, Mrs. Gordana Kovačević. This visit has made a great contribution in encouraging young girls and women to consider their career in ICT sector in currently mostly” male sector”, although there has been a lack of experts all around the world.
Within the range of activities related to the celebration of “International Girls in ICT Day”, pupils and students have even visited the association “Programerko”. The association’s goal is to develop early ICT skills of preschool and primary school children.
The entire event and additional activities organized to celebrate the “International Girls in ICT day” have for its goal to change the perception of the ICT sector as a "male sector” and to encourage young women and girls to choose a career in the information and communications technologies.
The programme of the events can be found on the HAKOM website default.aspx?id=7000 and additional information about the event can be found on the ITU website: http://girlsinict.org/
For additional information please contact:
Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)
Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9
10110 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07
Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70
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ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.
