On the occasion of 113th International Women’s Day 2023, WIIT had an opportunity to honor 101 women working in ICT field. A publication “Success Stories of Women in ICT’ was released, and honoring program was organized to identify them. The event was graced by the esteemed presence of Minister for Communication and Information Technology Honorable Rekha Sharma as a chief guest of the event. Ms. Sumana Shrestha, the then member of parliament from Rastriya Swatantra Party was the keynote speaker in the event. 

A conference on “Digital Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality” was also organized, and the event was held at Hotel Hyatt Place, Kathmandu. A good number of participation of women from different sector attended the event.

Elisa Rajbhandari, former Programme Coordinator at Asia Pacific Telecommunity, gave a presentation on the global initiatives on promoting gender equality in ICT. Ms. Minu Pradhan, former director of the Wireless Services Directorate of Nepal Telecom, presented a paper on 5G technology and its potential impact on the development of a truly smart society with gender equality.

The program was held in collaboration with Nepal Telecom, Nepal Bank Limited, and Living with ICT as technical partner.