SDG - 5
1. Encouraging Women to IT Subjects (Programming Language) and Design Career as IT Entrepreneurs where they are Underrepresented
The women in Bangladesh are underrepresented in the IT sector and they are lagging behind in programming language. To encourage women in order to design their career as IT entrepreneur, a seminar on “Design Your Career as IT Entrepreneurship and Grow" was held at Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Ashulia. The members of the Girls Computer Programming Club of DIU participated in the seminar, which was jointly organized by Bangladesh Women in IT (BWIT) and Daffodil International University. The seminar was chaired by Vice President of BWIT, Ms. Nazneen Kamal. Ms. Ambareen Reza, Co-Founder, Foodpanda and Ms. Nigar Sultana, Director, Information & Communication Technology (ICT), TMSS delivered their speech as the speakers of the session. Professor Dr. Touhid Bhuiyan, Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering, DIU along with other distinguished faculties were present at the seminar.
2. DIU Policy on Women Access, Participation, Counseling and Mentoring Covered Encouraging women to get admitted in subjects where they are underrepresented
The clause 8 of the above-mentioned DIU policy covered Encouraging women to get admitted in subjects where they are underrepresented. (https://sustainability4d.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/women-access-participation-policy)
8. DSA in collaboration with NGOs, educational institutions, local community will carry out outreach activities to encourage the women to get admitted in different subjects such as, engineering, mathematics, journalism, real estate etc. where they are underrepresented.
3. Financial Waiver for Female students as an encouragement of women’s access to higher education
