How Tech Education Would Impact Women In My Country of South Sudan
There are no coding schools in South Sudan that focus on training young women to enter a high paying field like technology
By Jan-Juba Arway, a refugee from South Sudan
In today’s technology-centric world, computer coding is the number one desired technical skill among employers. Yet, many developing economies lack the skilled workforce to take full advantage of these technological innovations.
Many people do not know that my home country of South Sudan is the youngest republic in the world. As a new state, lack of access to technology education prevents youth from reaching their full potential.
Poverty, ongoing violence, and government corruption deprive children and women of a fair chance in life.
More than 70% of children in South Sudan cannot attend school. Girls are less likely to participate in school than boys; instead, their parents arrange marriages for these teen girls starting at 15 years old.
Nonprofit coding education would reduce child marriage
There are no coding schools or organizations in South Sudan that focus on training young women to enter a high paying field like technology. If only there were an organization like Código Ecuador, these women would have a better chance of surviving.
To resolve socio-economic problems in South Sudan, we must teach women to think creatively and find new solutions to poverty. Women could use computer coding languages, the languages of the future, to drive economic development and create a less violent future.
Teen girls need more career opportunities
To decrease this alarming rate of illiteracy, we must first create opportunities that will provide alternatives to girls and women living in poverty and pave the way for future generations.
Teaching teen girls to code will help them become more economically independent and break this stereotype.
Encouraging education for women and supporting their interest in technology will help them to not only develop critical thinking and reasoning skills, but it will also improve their self-esteem significantly.
Initiatives aimed at educating young women will not only change their lives as individuals; it will change the very structure of society.
