Bangladesh initiative for WIFI for SDG 5

Bangladesh launched Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) with ICT Division – BCC, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh Women in Technology (BWIT) and Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) in partnership with UN ESCAP – APCICT as part of their  flagship programme for reaching SDG Goal 5.

WIFI aims to promote women’s entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific through enhancing capabilities of women entrepreneurs in ICT and entrepreneurship, says a press release.
An MoU was signed recently with ICT Ministry, BWIT and BIID for the rollout as partners and for institutionalisation in human resource development framework.
WIFI programme was officially launched in June, 2016 in Korea to develop the appropriate regional and national capacity development in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  Under this programme Bangladesh has embarked on training  30,000 women entrepreneurs by 2018, the statement said.  

 

Bangladesh initiative for WIFI for SDG 5

Bangladesh launched Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) with ICT Division BCC, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh Women in Technology (BWIT) and Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) in partnership with UN ESCAP APCICT as part of their flagship programme for reaching SDG Goal 5. WIFI aims to promote womens entrepreneurship in Asiaand the Pacific through enhancing capabilities of womenentrepreneurs in ICT and entrepreneurship, says apress release. An MoU was signed recently with ICT Ministry, BWIT and BIID for the rollout as partners and for institutionalisation in human resource development framework. WIFI programme was officially launched in June, 2016 in Korea to develop the appropriate regional and national capacity development in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Under this programme Bangladesh has embarked on training 30,000 women entrepreneurs by 2018, the statement said.