Afghan Girls Can Now 'Participate in the Global Economy' with Bitcoin & Learning Code

Code to Inspire just launched an Indiegogo campaign for the first coding center in Afghanistan of women, for women, by women, with the goal of prepping Afghan girls for careers in programming. A chunk of the curriculum focuses on digital currencies like bitcoin.


The girls learn by doing. Code to Inspire provides the girls with books, computers, and other resources to teach them how to code. The girls dream up a problem and then design mobile apps or software that can tackle it.


So where does bitcoin come into play? “Crypto currencies are an amazing and empowering tool for people who are living in societies that are mainly unbanked and can be used to make women and girls financially independent,” said Code to Inspire Founder and CEO Fereshteh Forough.



She added:


“[Crytocurrency] allows young women to hold money without the fear of it being confiscated by family members or anyone else. It allows them to participate in the global economy on the Internet either they can find a job online and get paid online without an intermediary such as a bank or government.”


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