The University has launched an exciting project in partnership with UNDP, Microsoft, Think Smart and Tamkeen to develop a high number of female programmers. The scheme called “Forsati for Her” was launched in March 2018 at the UoB premises with all stakeholders and students in attendance.
The scheme is aimed at creating 3,000 female programmers from all subject areas with a target of 30 successful candidates going on to set up their own technology-led business. The program aims to establish high quality skilled female programers that can support Bahrain in terms of the development of its digital economy and can play an active role in the support of the growing technology startup scene in the Kingdom as well as to be role models to the vast female students studying at UOB to show that women in tech is more than a reality but a necessity for the future development of Kingdom of Bahrain. So far the program has graduated two cohorts of females.
