Caribbean Airlines at Girls in ICT Day 2019

International Girls in ICT Day aims to encourage and empower girls and young women to consider studies and careers  in the growing field of ICT.

Caribbean Airlines has a strategic objective to be one of the top ten employers in the region and the company encourages young women and girls to embrace and pursue their career goals.

A team from Caribbean Airlines attended the 2019 International Girls in ICT Day. The team was happy to interact and connect with the  students who expressed a keen interest in Information Technology (IT) and aviation.

Sixty (60) female students from San Fernando East, San Fernando Central and the Pleasantville Secondary Schools were selected to be a part of Girls in ICT Day which took place at the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) headquarters in Barataria, Trinidad on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 April.

In photo: A student opens her Google AYI Voice Kit on Day 1 of the event.  Students were guided through the process of building and programming the voicekits using Rasberry Pi and Google Assistant.

Celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in April, the 2019 edition carried the theme ‘Tech Savvy Girls – Expanding Horizons, Changing Attitudes’.

Girls in ICT Day is primarily driven to reduce the persistent gender gap and increase the representation of women in the tech industry.

International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of April and will next be observed on 23 April 2020​.
The ITU Secretary General invites everyone to organize events attracting as many girls and young women as possible.

Girls in ICT Day contributes to the EQUALS mission of bridging the gender digital divide .​