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Announcing the Women in Data Conference 2025

We are thrilled to announce that the Women in Data Conference 2025 will take place on February 25, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

04 February, 2025
Empowering Communities Through Data: Highlights from the Data Hackdays 2024

In a world where data is becoming the backbone of decision-making, empowering communities to utilize it effectively is crucial for development.

11 September, 2024
Join the dream team: Apply to be a part of the Women in Data Steering Committee

There is no denying that a digitalized society is the new world order; and data is at the center of it. However, the data and digital sectors are enormously male-dominated.

27 June, 2023
STEAM Education in Nepal

Have you ever closed your eyes and tried to imagine a picture of a scientist, doctor, nurse, engineer, teacher, air hostess, pilot and plumber in your mind?

24 August, 2021
Pandemic and education

The COVID-19 pandemic has hugely affected education all around the globe, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 200 countries (Pokhrel & Chhetri 2021).

24 August, 2021
Keeping Girls in STEAM to Become Women in Data

Reposted from Data for Development (D4D) blog. This blog was written by Binita Shrestha, an IT Engineer and Managing Director at Women in STEAM , and Carolyn O’Donnell, MERL Director and The Asia Foundation Nepal.

07 April, 2021
Registration for Women in Data Virtual Conference 2021 is now open!

While Nepal’s first Women in Data Conference was hosted by The Data for Development (D4D) Programme on February 23, 2019 with the theme डाटा शक्ति नारी शक्ति

18 March, 2021
Nepal’s first Women in Data Conference

Reposted from Open Knowledge Nepal blog. This post was jointly written by Dikpal Khatri Chhetry and Dipti Gautam of Open Knowledge Nepal.

24 February, 2021
The Asia Foundation Supports Nepal’s First Women in Data Conference

The Asia Foundation’s Data for Development (D4D) program hosted Nepal’s inaugural Women in Data conference.

23 February, 2021