From herding to coding: the Mongolian NGO bridging the digital divide
Mongolia's Girls Code programme is empowering girls from nomadic and underserved communities with coding skills – and tackling the global digital divide in the process
Bolor-Erdene Battsengel is a young dynamic leader with over a decade of proven experience working in international organizations, including the World Bank and UN as well as governments and academia.
As the former founding Vice Minister of Digital Development of Mongolia, she led the country's digital transformation, crafting a comprehensive 5-year plan "Digital Nation" policy. She is globally recognised by successfully leading E-Mongolia project which digitalized over 1,500 government services, help reducing red-tape bureaucracy and corruption. Coming from countryside of Mongolia, she founded Girls Code NGO to empower young women and girls from disadvantaged communities to learn STEM education and coding skills.
She has helped many international corporations on AI policies, strategic engagement, public policy and government relations.