We often note that adult women from these communities suffer from many forms of social discrimination and economic prejudice all without realizing that, in many cases, they were never given any real opportunities for personal expression, creativity and autonomy. Learning how to deploy personal expression is complicated if individuals have not been taught how to do so effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n Creating conditions for such education and training calls for multilateral efforts, including ICT training, which we see as indispensable in a world where communication and technology have become integral to the economic, social and cultural fabric of our societies. This is one of the areas where WPDI has turned our efforts, through ICT training programs that help young women improve their digital skills have become an integral part of our global approach to peacebuilding.<\/span><\/p>\n Such programs are much needed in many countries and communities, where women are constrained by cultural and patriarchal norms, which prevent them from receiving the full benefits of education or from accessing different technologies. Such a capacity gap is how tradition will often succeed in preventing women from participating in innovation and the development of modern societies.<\/span><\/p>\n Listen to Nandengo Kate, from Uganda, telling us about how WPDI\u2019s efforts to improve ICT literacy have opened up opportunities for her future:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.wpdi.org\/app\/uploads\/Girls-In-ICT-Day-2023-scaled.jpg\")
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