Juma
challenged the gender technology gap in her home country, the Gambia
and she leads by example, encouraging women throughout the Gambia to
pursue careers in the technology industry. Juma studied hard to
become a successful product engineer, committing herself to her
academic career and valuing the significance of an education. She
founded HackathonGirls, Banjul, where she mentors and supports young
women in her community to overcome stereotypes and eventually achieve
desired employment. The club teaches web literacy, basic IT skills,
and programming languages to girls ages eight to eighteen. Beyond web
education, the club unites girls in a safe space where they can
freely collaborate, learn and share experiences.
Too
often Juma witnesses young girls, who are skilled in math and
science, lose hope as they prepare for interviews and professional
positions. The Gambia has women in technology fields, but on average
there are far fewer females than males, she notes. Right now, many
girls in this field leave it because they think computer jobs are too
difficult and they lose confidence at some point. So HackathonGirls
is a platform to bring these girls together and encourage them to
continue forward.
With
more than 40 girls currently enrolled in the club, Juma is shifting
the social stigma about gender and IT, one girl at a time.
Juma
is also the regional coordinator for Mozilla clubs in the Gambia
where she sees that she recruits more club captains in her community
by mentoring and supporting them. As the Mozilla Representative in
the Gambia too where she represents Mozilla in her country/region,
builds on and supports existing/future local community efforts and
programs, support and mentor future Mozilla Reps.
A
product engineer at a software development company in The Gambia, she
hopes to see more women fearlessly obtain careers in software
engineering, but her ultimate ambition is to build a community that
works together to empower and encourage more females into the field
of technology and as a 25 under 25 awardee from the Internet Society,
2017. Juma envisions a future where her tech club members become
future mentors to other girls, ensuring a strong, equitable role on
the web for the next generation of women.
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