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In the modern world, some of the very advanced philosophers have started calling coding skills as a new form of literacy. The world is moving towards an age where machine automation and artificial intelligence is the biggest technology, and will generate the amount of jobs which the history has never witnessed. Talking of literacy, ample attempts have been made by the people in power to provide the girl child with the resources so that she can compete with her counterparts and be a part of the mainstream workforce. Today, the number of girls joining engineering and IT colleges is more than ever. But, just enrolling in a course does not guarantee education. Girls come with their own set of reservations and childhood conditioning, which needs to be catered separately by their seniors and peers, if not the administration.
Organising specific programmes for girls and giving them a platform where they can compete judgement-free will boost their morale and will greatly aid their learning. Even though I do not advocate reservation for girls in the corporate job market, I do suggest that certain competitions and hackathons can be conducted solely for girls.
I think that a lack of good role models demotivates girls from taking up technology as a career. The successful women in the IT field should become more visible to the general public, so that little girls can dream to be like them.
A few years ago, Google launched the Helping Women Get Online programme to help women access the internet and share their work with fellow women. This was a great initiative. We can learn from it, and launch a similar programme where educated women can get a platform and take part in product development or other open source projects while still performing their household duties which are given to them by their families.
In the end, I would like to say that the times are changing for the better, and we live in a golden age where we can finally have a respectable life of our own. Although, there is a long way to go.
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