The Digital Business Women — 2022 conference took place in Tashkent.

On November 18, the Digital Business Women — 2022 conference was held at the International Hotel Tashkent.

The event was attended by Kamola Sobirova, Advisor to the Minister for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as Madina Musurmankulova, Acting Head of the Digital Transformation Department at IT Park.

Speakers at the conference included Gulnara Mahmudova, Chairwoman of the Association of Business Women of Uzbekistan; Jonathan Henick, United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan; Hans-Ulrich Iehm, OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan; and others.

Each speaker presented ideas on implementing the Uzbek government's policy of supporting women's entrepreneurship in the digital business sector, including the development of key directions and mechanisms.

Kamola Sobirova spoke on the topic "Increasing the Participation of Women Entrepreneurs in the Development of the IT Industry in Uzbekistan." In her presentation, she discussed the activities undertaken by the Uzbek government to attract women to the ICT industry and the opportunities created by the Ministry of ICT for women entrepreneurs.

Madina Musurmankulova spoke about the women's projects supported by IT Park. In particular, special attention was given to Tumaris.Tech — one of the largest projects implemented by IT Park Uzbekistan in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The Tumaris.Tech program provides comprehensive support for women's entrepreneurial initiatives.
The success of the women's project was recognized with an international award: this year, Tumaris Tech was named the best international project in the field of Capacity Building by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). As a result of the project, more than 200 women received training; 120 startup projects completed the incubation and acceleration program; and 100 IT entrepreneurship specialists were trained.

Source: it-park.uz