The day-long ICT camp, a three-day Grace Hopper Girls Programming Camp and Career Talk, organized for university students has concluded at the Central Women's University in the capital. The Bangladesh Open Source Network and Central Women's University jointly organized these activities.
These camps are organized to give a clear idea of the necessary skills that need to be taken before entering the workplace. On July 16, 2019, the Grace Hopper Girls Programming Camp was organized with 33 women students of Computer Science and Engineering Department. Students participate in a programming contexts at the end of the camp. On the last day of the ceremony, the certificate was handed over to contestants and winners.
On 17th July, ICT Camp was organized with huge potential for women in the field of information technology. 36 women students participated in this camp. Mr. M Masum Billah, Deputy Program Manager, Outreach and Communication Department, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), conducted the seminar on "Social Media Opportunities and Challenges" in the camp. In addition, Asad Iqbal, Chief Executive Officer, Virtuonic Solution and Bike.com, conducted a session on Digital Marketing. At the end of the camp, a session is organized on the graphics design.
On July 18, a career talk was organized with 41 women students of the University. Dr. Nova Ahmed, Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University, spoke to the students. She said, most of the women students of the science and engineering department are absent in the work place. Only the will of these missing daughters can make them desired to come forward.
It is to be noted that, in order to encourage women in information technology and to increase their participation in the field of information technology, these camps are organized by the Bangladesh Open Source Network under "Enabling Sustainable Development Goals for Bangladesh – ESDG4BD" project. Manuser Jonno Foundation is looking into the overall development of the project. BdOSN will arrange similar camps at different places of the country under this three-year project.