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Enrollment of women in engineering has been less than 1% of total till 1960s; it rose to 8.3% by the mid 1990s and in 2000 it has come to 16.2% (Kumar, 2007).
Of the 25-30% women employed by IT sector, less than a tenth are in middle management, while a tiny 5% occupy senior-level positions. (IMRB Intl)

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Feminist Approach to Technology and Voices of Women media's combined efforts have led to a positive fruition. Our short film about the sanitary rights of young girls from Jal Vihar, New Delhi, has been short listed as one of the finalists in the UNICEF challenge category of Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards.

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‘Awaaz Do, hum ek hain’ TOGETHER WE SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE

6th -7th February 2013
Rally organized by the young girls

Women’s day was around the corner when one of our tech centre students was brutally assaulted and attacked by her neighbour in the confines of her own home. Our students took to the streets and spent the day leading up to Women’s day in solidarity for the victim by protesting the wrong committed and urging their parents and community elders to make their community safer for women and girls.

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‘हमारा शरीर हमारा हक्क ’ KNOW YOUR BODY, KNOW YOUR RIGHT

An activity during the workshop

On 6th April the YP Foundation as a part of their “Know your body, Know your Rights Campaign” conducted a workshop with our students on ‘Sexuality Education’. Their aim is ‘to equip young people with age appropriate and culturally sensitive information that gives them the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values they need to acquire essential life skills and develop positive attitudes and values.’ The peer educators engaged in an interactive discussion with our students who unabashedly asked questions and participated in the debates. 

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Raveena's new life

Posted by asha on April 20th, 2013 Raveena working at FAT

The Tech centre here at FAT is a place where girls come and share their life’s stories with me. Of all the girls that have studied here, I would like to share the story of one girl in particular with you. Raveena, a 19 year old young woman, is studying Bachelors of Arts at Delhi University and lives in the slums of Jalvihar near Lajpat Nagar. She came to the tech center in April 2011 to learn computer skills. Since her family income was barely Rs.7000 a month she desperately needed a job, however, she was afraid to take one up because she was very shy and reserved.

- A blog post by Asha Tiwari, translated by Mansi Virmani. Both Asha and Mansi are Program Associates at FAT.

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रवीना की नयी ज़िन्दगी

Posted by asha on April 17th, 2013 Raveena with her mother

टेक सेण्टर एक ऐसी जगह है जहाँ रोज़ किशोरियाँ आकर अपनी जिंदगी की कहानियाँ मुझसे बांटती है । इन सभी किशोरियों में से एक किशोरी की जिंदगी के कुछ पल में आपके साथ बांटना चाहती हूँ । रवीना उम्र 19 साल, B.A सेकंड ईयर की स्टूडेंट, जल विहार बस्ती की रहने वाली किशोरी।टेक सेण्टर 2011 अप्रैल से शुरू किया, 8 महीने लगातार कंप्यूटर सीखने के बाद, रवीना को फेट में काम करने के लिए चुना गया । रवीना के घर की आय 7000रूपये प्रति माह है । उसे काम की जरुरत थी , पर उसने इसके बावजूद फेट में काम करने से  मना कर दिया क्योंकि रवीना का सबसे बड़ा डर लोगों से बात करना और बस में सफ़र करना था । 

- आशा तिवारी द्वारा एक ब्लॉग पोस्ट

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