Buenos Aires Nosotras Conectadas Programme: Creating Economic Opportunities for Women Migrants and Refugees in the Technology Sector

The City of Buenos Aires commits to coordinate the initiative Nosotras Conectadas (We Connected): a collaboration between the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, UNHCR, and the L'Oreal Foundation. The initiative aims to promote employment of women migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, stateless individuals, and others with international protection needs, in the digital technology sector.

The Nosotras Conectadas project provides training in technological skills related to programming and digital marketing, with the goal of providing equitable opportunities for this population in the formal employment sector. The project specifically seeks to integrate vulnerable women into the technology sector, which has a high demand for human resources and is historically male dominated. These training spaces have a dual impact, addressing both gender and displacement disparities.

The project has had two editions carried out between 2021 and 2023, and as of today, the program has resulted in the graduation of 206 women in programming and digital marketing courses.

The city now commits to continuing this program, subject to the availability of funding.