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Dhiraagu and Women in Tech Maldives' 'Girls to Code' has run island editions since 2019; the 2025 Male cohort graduated 17 women aged 16-30, for a cumulative 108, amid a national push - endorsed by the President - to bring girls into AI and digital development.
Dhiraagu, the Maldives' largest telecommunications operator, and the NGO Women in Tech Maldives have run the "Girls to Code" programme since 2019, with editions rotating across the atolls (Fuvahmulah, Kulhudhuffushi, Thinadhoo, Laamu Atoll, Dhidhdhoo) as well as the capital. The 2025 Malé edition opened on 15 July for women aged 16–30 and graduated 17 participants, bringing the cumulative total of graduates since 2019 to 108; a related standalone initiative, "Girls in Data," ran a 14-session, 1.5-month data-analysis course for 25 girls aged 10–13 in 2022.
The programme sits within a broader national push: marking International Girls in ICT Day 2026 (theme "AI for Development: Girls Shaping the Digital Future"), Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu publicly linked girls' participation in coding and digital skills to the government's "Maldives 2.0" digital-transformation agenda, which names AI, robotics and computer programming as target areas for reducing gender bias in emerging technology.
Evidence is participation-count only: cohort sizes are small (17–25 per edition), all figures trace back to the corporate sponsor's press releases (independently republished by several Maldivian outlets but not independently audited), and the curriculum is general coding/problem-solving rather than AI-specific, so any AI-literacy benefit is indirect.
Read the full analysis: https://hoteliermaldives.com/dhiraagu-women-in-tech-maldives-conclude-girls-to-code-male-edition/
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