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CERN participates in “Girls in ICT” event

CERN representatives take part today in the International Girls in ICT Day organised by International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

CERN participates in “Girls in ICT” event

A CERN researcher at the “Girls in ICT” event in Geneva today wearing a “Vague but exciting” T-shirt. This was the text written in response to Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal for the World Wide Web in 1989 (Image: François Briard/CERN)

Today, 23 April, events are taking place around the world as part of the “International Girls in ICT Day”. The events encourage girls and young women to see and to experience information and communications technologies (ICTs) in a new light, and to consider a future in technology. The initiative is organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and, at the ITU offices in Geneva, female ICT specialists from CERN are joining 120 schoolgirls aged 13 to 16 years from five schools in the region for a series of workshops.

Find out more about the events taking place around the globe today via http://girlsinict.org/

Read more: "Girls, get connected" - CERN Bulletin