Girls in ICT Day observed on April 23 with theme AI for Development: Girls Shaping the Digital Future

Exam-focused facts from the 27 April 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day is observed on 23 April.
The 15th anniversary of the day was marked on 23 April 2026.
The theme for the Geneva celebration was AI for Development: Girls Shaping the Digital Future.
The event was marked by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC), International Gender Champions (IGC), and the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva.
Doreen Bogdan-Martin is the Secretary-General of the ITU.
Sameer Chauhan is the Director of the UNICC.