Despite the highest number of female Internet users of the Arab states in the Gulf, young women in the United Arab Emirates are especially susceptible to becoming victims of cyber crime, something the Dubai government and American IT companies hope to change by launching the inaugural TechnoGirls event.
While many teenage Arab girls know the ins and outs of social-networking sites, they have very limited knowledge of the threats that exist in cyberspace. Asma Ahmed Al Daghar, a student of the computer network technology program at Dubai Women’s College, said to Khaleej Times Online that girls know what words like “hacker” and “virus” mean, but they don’t know how they can be affected and how to protect themselves from these threats MCTS Training, MCITP Training.
To educate young girls on the dangers of hackers and social-engineering scams, more than 400 Emirati students from public and private schools today took part in TechnoGirls, a one-day event launched by the Dubai Minister of Education Humaid Al Qutami and Dubai Women’s College in partnership with IT corporations Microsoft, HP and Intel.
In addition to promoting awareness of how to protect young women online, the TechnoGirls event seeks to familiarize the girls with career opportunities in technology-related areas.
“There is a dire need of Emirati students in robotics, programming, software engineering and security systems,” said Jyothi Ganglani, a faculty member in charge of the project, to Khaleej Times.
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