Celebrating Mwiza Naluyele, ICT Assistant, UNFPA Zambia

“Working for the UN and being part of the “innovation and technological change for achieving gender equality and empowerment for all women and girls’’ allows me to freely apply my skills without being deemed incompetent because of my gender, I am able to combine both my technical and interpersonal skills. It also gives me the opportunity to be a guide for that young girl, who like me, challenged herself to pursue a career in IT.” – Mwiza Naluyele, ICT Assistant, UNFPA

 

Mwiza Naluyele joined UNFPA Zambia as ICT Assistant last May. She describes “Helping other people use technology to reach their own professional goal” as a very rewarding experience in UNFPA Zambia. She said “[she] can use [her] knowledge and skills to make other people’s tasks simpler and more fruitful, thanks to this interest. Personally, [she] feels IT support specialists are crucial team members for every firm because of their individual uniqueness and the talent they have to offer.”

 

She shares her message to young females aspring to take on the journey in ICT: “the sky is not the limit, chase your dreams , let no one deem your shine, believe that you are and will be the one percent of the one percent ,i.e. if we only have 5% of the women in the IT field globally, choose to be in that 5% because you are gifted, you are special and you are unique.”