Fereshteh Forough wanted to help women in Afghanistan. She knew that attaining education was difficult, let alone technical training, and the cultural attitudes towards women didn’t help. But she tackled these issues head on by starting the first coding school for women in Afghanistan. She talks to us about how she started the program, how she took on the different challenges her students face, and how her training in computer science and her previous role as a computer science professor affected her decision to open Code To Inspire.
Show Links
- Udacity (sponsor)
- Coding In Colombia – Juan Pablo Buriticá
- Laboratoria – Maria Costa
- Herat Universiy
- Technical University of Berlin
- Code To Inspire
- Google RISE Awards
Shoutouts
- Sponsored Shoutout: Udacity (Saron)
- Slack (Fereshteh)
- Udemy (Fereshteh)
- Learn Strftime (Saron)
- The True Size Of (Saron)
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