50 Afghan Women in Tech
Start a CampaignGrand Challenge Target:
$54 raised of $370000 target
What is Our Grand Challenge?
Aseel declares the current state of Education in Afghanistan as a crisis and is responding to it. Our first campaign is focused on fully remote high-level work for Afghan women. We will be launching further calls to support other areas in support of women and women’s education in Afghanistan. This is an effort that everyone can take part in. It’s all of us in support of Afghan women.
About the Program
This program primarily focuses on providing remote employment and leadership development opportunities for 50 talented Afghan women globally and in Afghanistan. The 50 women in tech program will enable these women utilize their technical skills and abilities to work remotely with different private, NGOs and technology companies. The program is a full-year remote IT fellowship for Afghan. Each woman will receive a stipend and IT equipment. To fund this initiative, we have launched a grand challenge allowing donors from all around the world to participate in supporting these women.
The program's first two months are an extensive learning opportunity. in the later nine months, the fellow will be working with one of the partners of this grand challenge as a full-time team member. In the final month, team members present their work to the IT firm they’ve been a fellow with and work with them with the goal of being offered a permanent and paid position.
Successful applicants will be given a full-time paid remote employee for this program. All necessary equipment in order to support these women to work with partner organizations, including Aseel, Code to Inspire, Women for Afghan Women, Ehtesab, RapidIteration will be provided to them.
Why Support Afghan Women?

Afghanistan is going through an employment crisis. Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost since the new government takeover last August, with women particularly hard hit. The U.N.’s International Labor Organization states that over the last 20 years, Afghan women have had developed an active role in the global IT sector. This program aims to provide an opportunity for more women from Afghanistan to participate in the global IT sector and ensure there are future leaders in the technology sector who are Afghan women.
Who can Apply
All women from Afghanistan can apply from anywhere in the world; preference is given to those whom can full fill the requirement of the program as mentioned.
Our Partners
Our partners hosting the fellow are contributing by promoting this program through social media and other mediums to ensure that talented Afghan women are found for this program. Our partners are committed to taking an active part in the hiring of successful candidates in their respected organizations based on their organization’s requirement and capacity at the completion of the fellowship. The program will be run by representatives of each partner organization and will be actively involvement in each fellow’s progress in order to achieve the program’s mission.
Technical Workstreams
Every fellow will be assigned to a technical workstream area to work with partner organizations.
Management
Representatives of all the partner organizations will manage the Program. All partners will have full access to all the financial and operational aspects of the Program. The management team will also enable full public reporting through the grand challenge.
Funding
The Program is going to be funded by people globally. We have launched a grand challenge for this program to accept support from the broader public.
Cost
Fellow Stipend Yearly
$6,000
The Average salary per month considered for one fellow is 500 USD which comes 6000 USD on a yearly basisComputer/ Accessories
$800
The Average computer price in different countries is 800 USD and will be provided once in a year for a fellow.Internet Support
$600
The monthly internet package is 30 USD and 20 USD is for initial installation cost. The total of internet is 600 USD on a yearly basis.Total for one Fellow
$7,400
Sum of all the costs=6000+800+600=7400Total for 50 Fellow
$370,000
Total Cost for 50 fellow= 7400*50=370,000
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