Expanding Youth Horizons through Tech - A conversation with the Tech Age Girls
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Allison Strype
Expanding Youth Horizons through Tech:
A Conversation with Three Young Women from Kyrgyzstan
Daria, Amanda and Zina - Tech Age Girls from Kyrgyzstan - will present on their recent experiences at U.S. high schools and comparisons of the use of technology by youth. They will discuss the benefits of increased access to technology and the value of using particular technology tools.
Kathleen Kuehnast, Director of the Gender and Peacebuilding Center at the United States Institute for Peace will facilitate the discussion.
Thursday October 27, 2011
1-2:30pm
IREX
2121 K Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037
This informal event is open to the public and press; space is limited.
Please RSVP to: Ryder Cobean (rcobean@irex.org) by Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Tech Age Girls (TAG) project encourages and develops skills of promising young female leaders in Kyrgyzstan by providing them with specialized IT training and opportunities to serve as leaders in their communities and the IT field.
The participants in the exchange project represent the best and brightest leaders from Kyrgyzstan. While visiting high schools around the U.S., the girls are using technology to share their experiences in real time. During their time in America, they are meeting women leaders in technology, government, and business, and are observing opportunities available to youth in technology, extracurricular activity, and community service in the U.S., to adapt and advocate for their own communities’ context.
· Daria Azina from Karakol, is at Sabino High School, Tucson, Arizona. Her blog: http://dariia.kloop.kg.
· Amanda Zhaparova, from Naryn, is blogging at http://amanda.kloop.kg from Rutland High School, Rutland, Vermont.
· Zina Kabylbek kyzy from Naryn, is at Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, Missouri (part of metropolitan St. Louis). You can read about her trip at http://takazag.kloop.kg.