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posted by janrinok on Tuesday May 29 2018, @03:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the recognition-for-the-right-reasons dept.

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This year's Ms Geek Africa is Salissou Hassane Latifa, 21, from Niger. Her winning design is an app that helps communication between people caring for accident victims and the emergency services, and allows medical staff to advise on basic first aid before they arrive at the scene.

"Ms Geek has already changed the perception of what girls can do," says Esther Kunda of the Next Einstein Forum, a founding member of competition organiser Girls in ICT Rwanda.

The contest was set up as part of a nationwide effort to transform Rwanda from a small agricultural economy into an engine of technological innovation, with women and girls at the forefront of the revolution.

The government has set a target of achieving gender parity in the information communications technology sector by 2020, an ambitious goal in a worldwide industry notorious for its lack of diversity. But through educational campaigns, scholarships and mentorship programmes, Rwanda is determined to become a global leader for women in ICT.

"It's a good place to be a woman in tech right now," Kunda says of Rwanda.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/28/brilliance-overtakes-beauty-ms-geek-africa-spotlights-tech-genius-salissou-hassane-latifa


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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday May 29 2018, @08:48PM (1 child)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @08:48PM (#685874)

    Society is perfectly happy to recognize that there is a mind/body duality for men:

    Strong, beautiful men tend not to be all that intelligent (though Arnold was both).

    Er, what? I suppose in order to be a successful governor (reelected, even? nice.), you need something, but I'm not sure I'd go as far as calling it intelligence. More like social skills, and the ability to compromise and delegate.

    Or is there something else smart that Arnold is known for?

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday May 30 2018, @12:00AM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday May 30 2018, @12:00AM (#686002)

    California is the state that elected Ronald Reagan, so I don't think they care much about intelligence.