Afghan code school construction update #2
Another update … the work continues!
Construction of the code school in Afghanistan has begun!
Our team in Herat, Afghanistan has been working over the past few months to build the programming lab where the mentors will teach the girls how to code. Here’s a few photos of the progress!
How This Woman Is Empowering Afghani Women Through Code
To Americans, Afghanistan can call to mind war-torn cities without much economic opportunity. But the truth is that the country has a growing tech economy. Unfortunately, those tech opportunities are often hard for women to come by in Afghanistan’s conservative, male-dominated culture. But Fereshteh Forough, founder and CEO of Code To Inspire, aims to change that.
Read more at http://www.refinery29.com/2015/07/90862/code-to-inspire-interview-fereshteh-forough
Code to Inspire in the NY Times
How learning to code can bring Afghani girls into the global tech marketplace
Fereshteh Forough’s company Code to Inspire aims to close Afghanistan’s tech gender gap
