On April 28, 2022 an event titled „Girls in ICT Day Sarajevo 2022“ was organized in International University of Sarajevo (IUS) for marking the International Day of Girls in ICT. The event aimed at encouraging and inspiring girls to pursue their aspirations of becoming Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals and promoting jobs in the industry.
This is the first time ACM-W Sarajevo organized the event in this important day that is celebrated globally in more than 150 countries. The event was opened by Dr. Zlatan Mujak, Head of the investment department of Canton Sarajevo Ministry of Economy who emphasized that IT industry is currently one of the strongest industries that receives a lot of support from the government.
Important partners in organizing this event were UN Women Bosnia and Herzegovina. The audience had an opportunity to meet Mr. David Saunders, UN Women BiH representative. Together with Ms. Zerina Mandžo, IT girls project associate, he emphasized the importance of empowering women to find their place in the IT industry and make their dreams come true.
Girls in ICT Day Sarajevo 2022 gathered professionals from different IT fields who shared their knowledge and experience: Ms. Raquel Martinez Hernandez, Cisco Networking Academy Technical Manager; Ms. Ruth Lennon, Chair of Association of computing machinery women and a Director of Craobh Technology Consulting; Ms. Oleksandra Yeremenko, Professor at the Department of Info-communication Engineering from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and Ms. Emina Brkanić, Sytsem Engineer at MIBO Komunikacije.
This event was also an opportunity to officially announce that first ACM-W chapter in Sarajevo was opened with the main mission will be supporting, celebrating, and advocating for full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field.
We hope there will be more ACM-W activities in the future and organized similar events that will encourage everyone to pursue the career of their dreams.