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Ammon News - AMMAN - Fusing technology with efforts to empower women and girls, a delegation of Tech Women arrived in Jordan yesterday for a ten-day visit where they will connect with Jordanians through workshops and visits with local organizations.

While in Jordan, the TechWomen delegation will meet with members of the first class of TechGirls from the Middle East. The delegation will also meet with entrepreneurs about e-commerce strategies and discuss career opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. They will also meet members of civil society and will attend a networking conference for young women and girls in collaboration with Princess Sumaya University of Science and Technology.

An innovative public-private partnership supported by the U.S. Department of State, TechWomen pairs emerging young women interested in technology from the Middle East and North Africa with women mentors from the United States. Since former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton launched the program in 2011, it has brought almost 80 women from the Middle East and North Africa and the United States together for month-long science oriented mentorships.