
Celebrating the Cohort 1 Graduation of 90 Young Women in Data Science
“When we started, we were not sure what we were going to do. And since then life hasn’t been the same. It’s been four weeks, but for some of us,
ENabling Girls in AI and Growing Expertise (ENGAGE) in Data Science creates a health-focused machine learning training program at the University of Nairobi (UoN ) in partnership with the University of San Francisco California (UCSF) for girls and young women to reduce the biases created by men in data science.
This foundational work helps strengthen the pipeline and impact of women to improve health in their communities.
ENGAGE aim is to develop a machine-learning training program focusing on public health and infectious diseases at the University of Nairobi. The project specifically targets girls and young women and includes outreach training programs in 6 regions in Kenya.
ENGAGE Project is training underserved Girls and Young women in Data Science for Public Health in three different Tiers
Training of girls in Secondary Schools with strong foundation in Mathematics
Targeting young women pursuing Diploma Courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM).
Training of young women undertaking Undergraduate courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
ENGAGE Project empower and equip young women with skills in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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