Sarah Brown speaks on ‘I.T. Girls’ panel at WOW festival

国产视频国产视频檚 President Sarah Brown spoke today on a panel on opening up听the benefits of 听technology for more girls and women. Sarah was joined by Africa Gathering国产视频檚 Mari茅me Jamme, Facebook国产视频檚 VP for EMEA Nicola Mendelsohn, Code Club founder Clare Sutcliffe and the Southbank Centre国产视频檚 Artistic Director Jude Kelly as chair.听The panel听was part of a week-long programme full of听talks, workshops and performances at听the Women of the World festival.

Sarah Brown and her fellow panellists after the event

Discussed at the event were the gender gap both at computing qualifications in schools and in digital businesses and the impact the internet and mobile phones can have on learning for those girls who are unable to go to school. A wide range of questions came from the audience:听from women working in the digital sector addressing its culture, parents wanting to know more about coding to听young women taking computing at GCSE level in the UK.

See a clip of Sarah speaking about educating girls today here听or to watch the entire session, click here.

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