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ITU–EY AI Skills Accelerator for Girls — Asunción, Paraguay

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 72% 40/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

In October 2024, Paraguay's telecom regulator CONATEL and the Ministry of Women hosted an ITU–EY workshop in Asunción teaching young women AI fundamentals, machine learning and AI ethics — one of 13 launch workshops that reached 470+ participants in the program's first cohort.

470+ participants
Participants across the programme's first cohort (13 workshops, six countries) (2024)
13 workshops
Launch workshops in the programme's first cohort (2024)
ITU–EY AI Skills Accelerator for Girls — Asunción, Paraguay

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau & EY, with CONATEL and Ministerio de la Mujer
Period
October 2024 (first cohort of a 2024–2026 program)
Keywords
telecommunications, gender equality, AI education, government

Context

The AI Skills Accelerator for Girls is a two-year (2024–2026) programme run by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau with EY, aiming to give at least 1,000 girls and young women across 12 countries hands-on training in artificial intelligence. In Paraguay, the national telecommunications regulator CONATEL and the Ministerio de la Mujer co-hosted the country's session in Asunción in October 2024, as one of 13 launch workshops held across six countries in the programme's first cohort.

Objectives

The workshop aimed to build foundational AI literacy among young Paraguayan women and to expose them to AI career pathways, as part of a broader push to close the gender gap in technology fields through the ITU–EY partnership.

Activities

The one-day Asunción session covered an introduction to AI, machine learning, big data and coding, alongside dedicated discussion of AI ethics, bias and risk, and closed with mentoring on AI career paths.

Results

ITU and EY report that participants across the first cohort's 13 workshops (470+ participants in six countries) showed improved understanding of core technology concepts and greater confidence about pursuing further study or careers in AI, based on post-workshop surveys; no Paraguay-specific outcome figures have been published separately.

Conclusions

The programme's continuation through 2026 and its backing by a national telecoms regulator and a government ministry point to institutional follow-through, but the evidence for learning impact remains limited to aggregate, self-reported survey data and a single participant testimonial.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — One-day workshop delivered within an existing multi-country ITU–EY programme; no dedicated national capital investment reported.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — Single one-day session held in October 2024, within a programme running 2024–2026.
Staffing & skills
CONATEL (national telecommunications regulator), Ministerio de la Mujer, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau, EY

Conditions for success

  • Joint hosting by a national regulator and a government ministry gave the session institutional backing and reach
  • Delivery as part of a structured multi-country ITU–EY programme provided curriculum and facilitation support

Common failure modes

  • No Paraguay-specific or independently controlled evaluation of learning gains has been published
  • Evidence base is limited to aggregate cohort-wide survey data and a single testimonial

Where it fits

Governance type
national regulator + ministry partnership
Scale
single one-day national workshop within a 12-country programme
Income level
upper-middle-income (Paraguay)

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