EVENT LINK : https://zoom.us/j/91792734589?pwd=cnRPS1cvRjJ5TFdLcVJzRGpiWjhFUT09

Two out of five women get harassed daily online; In our effort to use technology to solve these problems, we are hosting a region-wide hackathon to provide a platform to identify solutions to online harassment of women and girls. In partnership with JIGSAW: a unit within Google whose mission is to create a safer internet for a better world.

This hackathon is open to all women - Software Engineers, Product Designers, Data scientists, Gender Specialists, Product Managers, Data Analysts, e.t.c. Over 100 innovators will take on the problem statement and provide innovative solutions that address women’s safety online across the globe.

The Women’s Safety Hackathon invites women and allies to create technical solutions using Google products to the problem of violence against women online.

Hackathon participants will focus on a localized problem statement. Participants, in teams, will be tasked with scoping and pitching a product solution. 

High Level Goals:

1. Produce innovative product ideas and MVPs to reduce violence against women online

2. Demonstrate the power of a grassroots approach to addressing huge issues facing tech + society through regional and global campaigns

3. Tell a story about the power of technologists coming together to address online violence

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Developers, designers, and all women who are ready to find solutions with their creative ideas!

We are here with a #hackathon event for women!

🧐 WHY?

Developing technology has brought many benefits to us but also brought a whole new perspective to #VIOLENCE #AGAINST #WOMEN.

Many women from all over the world are attacked digitally and socially because they do not comply with the aesthetic or moral judgments of the society (!) and sometimes

women are attacked on digital/social platforms just because of being a "woman".

We come together to say "STOP" to all this!

Don't you think it's time to say "ENOUGH" to this?

I AM IN! How can I proceed?

We, as WomenTechmakers and Google Developers chapters in East Africa, we came together with an online Hackathon to find solutions to these attacks that women encounter.

You can reserve your place in Hackathon, which will take place on 20th and 21st of August to have a chance to work on and evaluate your idea with other participants across the region accompanied by mentors, video conferences, and a jury. 

Come prepare to Collaborate, Ideate, Create and Innovate solutions that will help stop Online Violence against women.

There will be awards for the top three teams from the region!!!!!! and givaways.

Let's stand up against online and social violence to women.. ONLINE..TOGETHER!

#womentechmakers #WTMHackathon #WTMEAC