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Winner of 2017 Equals in Tech gender award
26-12-2017
The Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL) – Tabshoura – In a Box girls can count Initiative team won the EQUALS in Tech Award for 2017 for the ACCESS category. During a ceremony in Geneva, LAL co-founder, Nayla Zreik Fahed received the prize which covers three areas: skills, access and leadership values. To recall, LAL has developed Tabshoura in a Box platform in coordination with Malala Fund aimed at establishing a world where all girls can learn and lead without fear through providing them with the essential skills in digital resources. To note, the award is part of a set of programs and activities by EQUALS Global Partnership, an umbrella of more than 50 partner companies and organizations aiming together to bridge the digital gender divide. This year’s award got the support from the global Internet Society, Facebook and the Swiss Government. The number of contestants reached 293 applicants from 72 world countries, and 15 finalists were shortlisted representing the most innovative and inspiring projects. A winner was then selected in each of the three categories according to scientific criteria by an expert panel of EQUALS partners and previous winners. (An Nahar, December 23, 2017)
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