• Project Area: Leadership development through technology
• Project Duration: 2019-01-01 to 2024-12-31
• Donor: READ Global

Tech Age Girls (TAG) is an intensive training, mentoring, and networking program that models how young female leaders can confidently use their technology expertise and leadership skills to contribute to their community’s development.

TAG is structured into three stages of basic professional skills and leadership development, with advancing to subsequent stages of more advanced skills building. Through the program, participants implement community projects to tackle local challenges, provide training to other youths, and engage with local stakeholders to discuss the issues that matters them the most.

Meanwhile, in the initial round from 2018- 2022, the network of nearly 500 young women and girls trained through the program continue to independently operate youth leadership committees at the 10 participating CLRCs that regularly organize services and advocacy for youth.

In 2023, READ launched the second round of the Tech Age program to 5 additional CLRCs and has been working with 285 young girls with funding from the L’Oreal Fund for Women.

In addition to the direct training of 3rd round of adolescents, this program leverages the experience and expertise of participants from the second round of the Tech Age Girls program, who will mentor and train younger girls in their communities. Approximately 100 TAG participants from 2nd round have been prepared as trainers and mentors, embodying the program’s ethos of empowering 275 young women to become the community leaders and pursue their life aspirations. This dual approach not only enhances the skill set of the younger participants but also reinforces the leadership and mentoring capabilities of the older TAG mentors.