ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR THE GIRL CHILD AND TEACH THE TEACHER AI – AI4HER WORKSHOP

The event was conducted  as an Artificial Intelligence Workshop for teachers and pre-university students in Enugu State, Nigeria, focusing on empowering rural teenage girls. The workshop will teach Artificial Intelligence, data science basics and how to leverage on Artificial Intelligence to train data sets. Our goal is to narrow the tech gender gap, empowering girls with skills and confidence for future success at the wake of Artificial Intelligence Revolution..

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: For an average girl child in Nigeria, Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering is still a story. Only a few of them delve into the STEM field. The workshop will serve as an awakening and eye opener to the girl child and the teachers. The main idea is to reach out to both the teachers and pre-university girl child. WIE Nigeria Section is geared to engage in radical awareness on the importance of STEM for a girl child, instead of the norm of marrying out immediately after pre-university hence the workshop will take place in a rural community school with teachers and the girls in attendance.