G20 Flagship projects

Description of the project:

In Ghana, a formidable gender gap in internet access, digital skills and online rights exists. Women’s Rights Online research shows that less than 20% of Ghanaian women have access to the internet and are thus less likely to use the internet for economic and political empowerment. Women face many barriers – including high costs, lack of know-how, and a scarcity of relevant content – as well as social and legal obstacles to speak freely and privately online.

#eSkills4Girls’ main objectives are to promote access for Ghanaian girls and women to digital professions through ICT-related trainings, to improve the image of ICT occupations among that target group, and to foster ICT-related business development. Focusing on formal as well as non-formal education the project incorporates activities in the field of (1) TVET and (2) the Digital Transformation Center. Activities are aligned along the issues of employability, promoting self-employment, awareness raising.

Area of focus of the project:

• Development of formal, competency-based ICT-related training courses especially for girls and young women;
• Capacity development of six TVET training providers (one school in each project Region) to prepare for the implementation of the developed ICT courses;
• Implementation of non-formal ICT training courses in cooperation with local non- governmental organizations to enhance IT literacy particularly among girls and young women;
• Implementation of awareness and image campaigns;
• Promote employment opportunities through entrepreneurship trainings, start-up incubation, mentoring programmes and/or ideas competitions.