ITU Gender Champions Programme 2027 – YOA

Deadline: November 15, 2026

Applications are open for the ITU Gender Champions Programme 2027. Are you a younger lady utilizing expertise to create constructive change in your group, nation, or area? The ITU Gender Champions Programme acknowledges and helps rising girls leaders who’re advancing digital transformation, selling digital inclusion, and serving to form a extra equitable digital future.

Implemented by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with help from Australia and Women’s WorldWide Web (W4), the programme gives alternatives for younger girls changemakers to amplify their affect, strengthen their management, and join with a worldwide community of consultants, policymakers, and innovators.

Benefits

• Selected Gender Champions could have the OPPORTUNITY to take part within the AI for Good Global Summit 2027 in Geneva, Switzerland, going down from 21 to 25 June 2027.

Eligibility

• Open to girls aged 18–25;
• Be nationals of nations from ITU Regions: Africa, Americas, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific and Commonwealth of Independent States who’re utilizing digital expertise to advance inclusive improvement.

Evaluation Criteria

Applications will likely be assessed based mostly on relevance to gender equality in digital transformation, management in closing the gender digital divide, measurable affect and scalability, originality and innovation, and capability for collaboration and sustained engagement.

Application

Applications shut on 15 November 2026 at 11:59 pm CET. All application shall be made in English & the data submitted will likely be topic to verification.

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For extra data, go to ITU Gender Champions Programme.