#HACKGIRLSRIGHTS - IGNITE International Girls Hackathon
“In February 2015 more than 70 girls in five international cities participated in the IGNITE International Girls Hackathon, a project of Global Fund for Women. During the Hackathon, girl coders worked in teams to create a new website or application that could increase girls’ access to safe spaces in their communities (both online and physical).
lobal Fund for Women believes that girls are powerful catalysts for change and that strong women’s organizations and movements make transformative shifts in power that are crucial to realizing girls’ rights. With the IGNITE International Girls Hackathon we encourage girls to use their talent, ideas and creativity to build real and lasting solutions to one of the most critical issues affecting girls today — access to SAFE SPACES.
Update: We Have a Winner! In April 2015 a jury convened to select a winner! Find out who in this special music video announcement from singer/songwriter Carolyn Malachi.”
Check out the girls’ projects here
Photo: Young women in Trivandrum, India collaborate to finish their coding at #hackgirlsrights.
