lydiataban
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| Your profile name | lydiataban |
| City you are based in | Juba, South Sudan |
Initiative
| Your Organisation or Initiative Name | Data and Gender Inclusion |
| Where is it located? | South Sudan |
| About your organisation | Right now, I am the architect and implementer of the Data Architecture for the World Bank Funded South Sudan Social Workforce Assessment and Capacity Building Component that aims to understand the predominantly female social workers and paraprofessionals who support the fragile social welfare system in South Sudan and how to better support them and build their capacity.
I am also working in a volunteer Capacity as a GitHub Digital Public Good Community Manager on UNICEF Office of Innovation’s OKY project that aims to educate young and adolescent girls about menstrual health and wellbeing. I work to improve the technical CI/CD flows that will support the open source community that contributes to it |
| Areas of Activities | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Gender Equality and Gender Rights, Humanitarian Crisis Response, Open Software, WASH Water Sanitation and Hygiene |
One Project Showcase
| Name one of your projects to showcase | |
| About the project | The OKY project is a phenomenal mobile application that educates young girls on menstrual health and hygiene and enables them to track their period in a fun and intuitive way |
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| Why are you a member of GIG? | GIG means a safe space that is inclusive and accessible that allows people from all over the world to come together and invent solutions/ approaches that make our world a kinder, more aware place to live |
