The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, took place 11 – 22 March, 2024 under the priority theme, “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective”.
Delighted to participate in the CSW68 Conference, New York, Chizor Malize (CEO, Financial Institutions Training Centre – FITC) said: “The UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutierrez in his opening address highlighted the need to increase the opportunities for women across all areas of career, health, access to finance and work peace.
“Most remarkably, the UN chief emphasised a growing digital gender divide, noting the dominance of men in digital technologies including Artificial Intelligence. He urged governments, civil society and the Silicon Valleys of the world to join the massive efforts to bridge the digital gender divide and ensure women have decision-making roles in technology at all levels”.
Notably, under Malize’s leadership, the FITC (providers of learning, advisory services, and policy advocacy to the Nigerian financial service sector and other sectors of the economy) introduced, in October 2023, what it tagged the Tech4Growth Techathon – one of FITC’s many innovative offerings targeted at youths and young people, aimed at equipping them with the essential skills and engagements required to thrive in the digital economy.
“The FITC Techathon would empower young minds from across Africa to embark on projects in critical domains, developing apps, businesses, innovations, and solutions. The transformative ideas from the Tech4Growth Techathon would then materialize into impactful projects and business opportunities, all under the guidance of over 28 mentors and judges”, said Malize