[Geo4All] [OSGeo-Discuss] ICIMOD’s initiative on Empowering women in geospatial information technology

[Caroline Akoth]

Thank you for highlighting our work @Suchith.

We are grateful for the support we've received from the OSGEO community.

Kind regards,
Caroline
Advocacy and Operations Lead (WiGIS,KE)

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 2:42 PM Suchith Anand <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

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> Dear all,
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> The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD
> <https://www.icimod.org/>) has been organizing the "Empowering women in
> geospatial information technology" training under its SERVIR Hindu Kush
> Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH <http://servir.icimod.org/>) Initiative for the past
> two years. The training course, extended exclusively to young women from
> Nepal, provides them with theoretical as well as practical knowledge in the
> use of EO data and GIT using real-world examples from the HKH region. In
> its third iteration and in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this
> intensive four-day course is being offered online to eligible women in
> Nepal. The training covers a wide range of topics, including principles of
> geographic information science (GIS), basic concepts of remote sensing
> (RS), image calculation and spectral indices, and mapping using open source
> tools to solve emerging environmental problems. Details at
> https://servir.icimod.org/events/empowering-women-in-geospatial-information-technology
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> It is great to see that ICIMOD are using Free and Open GIS in their
> training programs. Details on their recent training event for Virtually
> empowering women in Nepal with geospatial skills during the COVID-19
> lockdown at
> https://servir.icimod.org/news/virtually-empowering-women-in-nepal-with-geospatial-skills-during-the-COVID-19-lockdown
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> GeoForAll community would like to send our congratulations to ICIMOD for
> organising this important initiative . This is an excellent example of  Bridging
> the Geospatial Digital Divide and providing geo digital economy
> opportunities for all [1],[2],[3],[4].
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> On behalf of GeoForAll, I would also like to thank Women in GIS, Kenya
> [5] for their contributions to GeoForAll*. *Details at
> https://www.osgeo.org/geo-for-all-labs/women-in-gis-kenya/
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> Please keep sharing GeoForAll ideas and educational resources so that more
> faculty and students have access to the resources
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> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/
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> GeoForAll community are grateful to everyone working to make geoeducation
> and digital economy opportunities available for everyone.
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> Best wishes,
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> Suchith
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> Dr. Suchith Anand
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> Chief Scientist
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> Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
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> https://www.godan.info
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> [1]
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/bridging-the-geospatial-digital-divide/
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> [2] https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geography-awareness-week/
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> [3]
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/
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> [4] https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/open-geospatial-science/
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> [5] http://wigis.co.ke
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*Caroline Akoth Otiwa*

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