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Facebook Developer Circle organizes a two-day Hackathon on gender equality

To shift the balance on gender equality, top female technologists, designers, and activists got together in a two-day hackathon organized by Facebook Developer Circles Islamabad chapter.

The hackathon happened in partnership with Shift Balance. Shift Balance is an NGO, a think-and-action tank collecting, producing and spreading information on everyday sexism and existing solutions to curb that.

Developer Circles is a program by Facebook, comprising of a global network of local developer communities, to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and creating opportunities for developers. Currently, there are six Facebook Developer Circles within Pakistan working under the supervision of this initiative with almost 10,000 developer community members.

The two-day hackathon created space for the development of new tools and innovations tackling gender equality challenges. Data regarding problems and proposed challenges such a Pay gap, Retention of working women at workplace, harassment and women in leadership positions, etc. was shared with the participants. 12 teams participating in the hackathon brainstormed to bring out and develop solutions that addressed the problems regarding gender equality.

While the teams hacked a solution, Facebook DevC had also invited successful women entrepreneurs from the industry to deliver keynote sessions and motivate them. Some of the speakers included:

  • Hira Batool Rizvi – CEO and Cofounder of SheKab – A platform working to transform how women travel in Pakistan and beyond.
  • Bisma Hayat – A technology enthusiast working in the Pakistani startup ecosystem for the last five years.

The hackathon, which was funded by Facebook Developer’s Circle Islamabad entirely, included prizes worth $2500. The judges of the hackathon were:

  • Elisha Tan – The Regional Developer Program Manager for APAC & Pakistan at Facebook.
  • Aurelie Salvaire, Founder of Shift Balance
  • Athar Osama, Founder of Pakistan Innovation Foundation,
  • Wahib Ul Haq, Android developer KI labs.
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