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"Maharat min Google" to Help Arabic Young People and Women Advance their Careers

posted by martyb on Friday April 20 2018, @02:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-a-foot-in-the-door dept.

takyon writes:

Google launches digital skills training for Arabic speakers

As part of Google's focus on supporting digital literacy and STEM advocacy, the company has launched Maharat min Google ("Building Capabilities with Google"). This program is aimed at helping women and young people in the Arabic-speaking world "get ready for future job opportunities, advance their careers, or grow their businesses." The examples Google cites are training for social media, video, online marketing and e-commerce.

[...] It will consist of free courses, tools and in-person training to job seekers, educators, students and businesses. The organization is also partnering with INJAZ Al-Arab, with a $1 million grant to help the non-profit continue its work in helping students (especially women) with hands-on training for digital skills. What's more, Google is working with the MiSK foundation to provide training for 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia (50,000 of which will be women).

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:06AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:06AM (#669477)

    That's what this is.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:09AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:09AM (#669478)

    Arabic. Language. Services.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday April 20 2018, @03:13AM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday April 20 2018, @03:13AM (#669480) Homepage

      More specifically, despite my comment above, Saudi Arabia now westernizing attitudes and laws regarding women, and the huge unexploited demographic for marketing that will closely follow.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @04:20AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @04:20AM (#669503)

    Why discriminate against me?

    Well, I'll do my best to discriminate against Google. I switched to duckduckgo for searches. Ditching the email is, sadly, much harder.

    It seems that hating straight middle-aged American white males is all the rage these days. Oh hey, you know what else? Shit like that makes me respond in kind. If people are going to discriminate against people like me, then I'm going to favor people like me. Yep, I do that, and it started after I got discriminated against.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @10:21PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @10:21PM (#669827)

      A MRA man-child wailed:

      Why discriminate against me?

      I think you can relax. Just because they are trying to do something nice for someone else doesn't mean they hate you. Your mom (probably) still loves you too. Go ahead and take a chill pill.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 21 2018, @04:45AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 21 2018, @04:45AM (#669960)

        Yeah, there's something wrong with GP. Women are frivolous and impotent, so it's nothing to worry about. Google is free to waste their time however they choose.