They present a free program to reduce the gender gap of women in technology

Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer born in 1815, daughter of the poet Lord Byron, but whose contribution goes beyond that anecdotal fact: she is considered the first computer programmer in history. Like her, there are many prominent women in technology (look for Grace Hopper, for example), but even so the gap is large (3 out of 10 people in IT are women, according to Unesco). Against this background, the “Peruanas a la nube” initiative, which offers free technology courses for women, is striking.

This program, organized by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Peru and the women’s underwear brand Sicurezza, offers a series of courses from the most basic to advanced ones so that women can obtain knowledge of cloud technology and can be certified as AWS Cloud Practitioner, which will open job opportunities for them in the same AWS or in other companies that use the AWS cloud.

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Karla Wong, Country Manager AWS Peru, explained at the press conference in which they presented the initiative, that this is part of their efforts to reduce the gender gap in technology. According to data she provided, in Peru this gap reaches a demand for 17,000 information technology professionals. For this reason, “Peruanas en la nube” seeks to reach 20,000 women in a period that has not been determined.

Who can participate?

The only requirement, they explained, is that they have completed high school, which guarantees them the basic skills to be able to follow the course, according to the organizers. The content is 15 virtual hours, plus three face-to-face sessions. In addition, they will monitor the ‘top performers’ or outstanding students, to accompany them until they achieve their certification.

Women who want to participate must enter the Peruvian to the cloud website and register.

This initiative joins others that, through courses and training (not necessarily free), seek to empower women through technology, and cover the existing gender gap, such as Laboratoria or Women in Technology.

Source: Elcomercio

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