Zhanara is from Kant, and is currently a freshman at the National University of Kyrgyzstan, pursuing a degree in Economics. Before TAG, Zhanara used the internet rarely. Now she uses it every day and says that without it she feels like she is cut off from the rest of the world. “Without internet, I am deaf and blind,” she says.
In 2010, IREX started the first Tech Age Girls (TAG) project in Kyrgyzstan with 90 participants selected from 246 applications of young girls ages ranging from 14 to 17. For over six months they attended Information Technology (IT) and leadership trainings, designed and implemented community projects, and documented their experience via blogs. The 27 most active girls had an opportunity to attend a two-week summer conference. I recently interviewed alumna, Zhanara Asizova about her experience.
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