The Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI)
Offered by
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology

Course details
- Length
- 1 week
- Effort
- 2 hours
- Level
- Introductory
- Language
- English
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Venue
- Online
- Certificate
- No
- Price
- Free
Course summary
The Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) flagship programme aims to promote women's entrepreneurship in the Asia-Pacific through enhancing capabilities of women entrepreneurs in ICT and entrepreneurship so that their enterprises can become more productive, and hopefully grow and be sustainable.
Topics
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Leave no one behind
- Gender equality
- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- Subject
- ICT
About this course
The Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) flagship programme aims to promote women’s entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific through enhancing capabilities of women entrepreneurs in ICT and entrepreneurship so that they and their enterprises can become more productive, and hopefully grow and be sustainable so that they can actively contribute to community development as well as to the local and national economy.
The WIFI programme was officially launched on 9-10 June, 2016 in Korea in a regional forum that examined the state-of-the-art of ICTD capacity building in Asia and the Pacific to develop the appropriate regional and national capacity development in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Download syllabusTarget audience
Women Entrepreneurs.
Learning objectives
To promote women’s entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific through enhancing capabilities of women entrepreneurs in ICT and entrepreneurship.