Diplohack Maroc, organised in celebration of International Women’s Day, has two combined goals: empowering women and promoting open governance. By using data made publicly available by the Moroccan government and Moroccan enterprises and associations, DiploHack aims to show the potential for using public data to empower both citizens and government.
DiploHack will focus, in particular, on the theme of women in the educational system. The starting point will be data on education, gathered and provided in a useable format by the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training. By combining these data with data on employment, entrepreneurship, political participation and social indicators, we hope to gain new insights and reach valuable conclusions.
International Women’s Day International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 8. Since the United Nations began celebrating it in 1975, International Women’s Day has increasingly become a time to reflect on progress made with respect to women’s rights, to call for change and to celebrate ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.
This year’s theme, “Equality for women is progress for all”, emphasizes how gender equality, empowerment of women, women’s full enjoyment of human rights and the eradication of poverty are essential to economic and social development. It also stresses the vital role of women as agents of development. This theme is reflected in the topic that we have chosen for DiploHack Maroc 2015. Women in leadership positions in the system of national education can bring about change in their schools and by extension, in their communities. By using technology and combining data on all these components, we hope to add a positive approach to the empowerment of Moroccan women.
#MakeItHappen #PaintItPurple #IWD2015
Open Data Open data refers to data that is made available by organizations, businesses and individuals for anyone to freely use, modify and share. Open data must be technically available, meaning that it can be accessed using non-proprietary software, as well as legally available, meaning that it must possess an open license or be placed in the public domain.
Open data can be used by researchers to add subject-matter to their work and experiences, while enterprises can use it to enrich their services and software developers can use it to create innovative solutions – which is exactly what we aim to do during DiploHack.
The Moroccan government launched an open data platform data.gov.ma in 2011, where data from across the governmental authorities can be accessed through one portal. Morocco’s first open data hackathon was held in Casablanca in November 2014.
DiploHack will focus, in particular, on the theme of women in the educational system. The starting point will be data on education, gathered and provided in a useable format by the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training. By combining these data with data on employment, entrepreneurship, political participation and social indicators, we hope to gain new insights and reach valuable conclusions.
International Women’s Day International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 8. Since the United Nations began celebrating it in 1975, International Women’s Day has increasingly become a time to reflect on progress made with respect to women’s rights, to call for change and to celebrate ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.
This year’s theme, “Equality for women is progress for all”, emphasizes how gender equality, empowerment of women, women’s full enjoyment of human rights and the eradication of poverty are essential to economic and social development. It also stresses the vital role of women as agents of development. This theme is reflected in the topic that we have chosen for DiploHack Maroc 2015. Women in leadership positions in the system of national education can bring about change in their schools and by extension, in their communities. By using technology and combining data on all these components, we hope to add a positive approach to the empowerment of Moroccan women.
#MakeItHappen #PaintItPurple #IWD2015
Open Data Open data refers to data that is made available by organizations, businesses and individuals for anyone to freely use, modify and share. Open data must be technically available, meaning that it can be accessed using non-proprietary software, as well as legally available, meaning that it must possess an open license or be placed in the public domain.
Open data can be used by researchers to add subject-matter to their work and experiences, while enterprises can use it to enrich their services and software developers can use it to create innovative solutions – which is exactly what we aim to do during DiploHack.
The Moroccan government launched an open data platform data.gov.ma in 2011, where data from across the governmental authorities can be accessed through one portal. Morocco’s first open data hackathon was held in Casablanca in November 2014.