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Code to Inspire

Afghanistan · Herat · See the Afghanistan profile

Code to Inspire, founded in 2015 in Herat, is Afghanistan's first all-female coding school, teaching coding, app and game development to 200 young women, 70% of whom found employment; it moved to remote delivery after the 2021 Taliban takeover forced its campus to close.

~200
Students taught to code
60-70%
Graduates employed or freelancing in tech
~80%
Students continuing studies online post-2021
Code to Inspire

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Code to Inspire
Period
2015-present
Keywords
digital literacy, coding education, women's digital inclusion, remote/gig work

Context

Code to Inspire (CTI), founded by Fereshteh Forough, opened in Herat, Afghanistan in November 2015 as a free after-school coding, web/app and design school for young Afghan women aged roughly 14-25.

Results

CTI has taught roughly 200 young women to code, with 60-70% of graduates (figures vary by source/year) going on to freelance or find employment in web/mobile development. After the 2021 Taliban takeover and ban on female education, the physical campus closed but Forough kept the programme running online, with roughly 80% of students reportedly continuing studies remotely.

Conclusions

The school's on-the-ground operating status remains inherently precarious under current conditions, and all outcome figures are self-reported by the organisation rather than independently audited.

Implementation

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