WLiT
FELLOWSHIP.
A pioneering 6-9 month journey designed to equip high-potential young women in Nepal with full-stack technical mastery, feminist leadership courses, and hands-on career opportunities.
Introduction
Nurturing Nepal's Next Generation of Female Tech Leaders
Women Leaders in Technology (WLiT) is a pioneering non-profit in Nepal with a powerful mission: to empower women to thrive and lead in the tech industry. Founded in 2015, WLiT envisions a tech landscape that’s truly diverse and inclusive, bridging the gender gap by equipping young women with the skills, resources, and opportunities they need to build successful tech careers.
Through our flagship fellowship program, workshops, mentorship, and vibrant community initiatives, we’re dedicated to supporting women from all backgrounds to succeed in this exciting field. Our programs tackle unique structural challenges from the classroom directly to corporate boardrooms.
National Footprint Metrics
Validated tracking records updated through July 2024
9 Kathmandu, 2 Pokhara, 1 Butwal
Plus 15 current active fellows
Under school activity programs
Driving nationwide positive impact
We empower young people from all backgrounds to learn technology, build skills, and lead the future with confidence and innovation.
We dream of a world where everyone, no matter their background, can access and create technology. WLiT helps people learn and build tech that meets their community’s needs.
Core Organizational Values
Designated Target Audiences
- Young women (late adol. to 30s)
- STEM professional women
- Underserved community groups
- Less privileged minority groups
Strategic Programmatic Goals
Expanding Nationwide
The fellowship is growing to five more provinces, creating a group of over 300 alumni who are dedicated to helping women succeed in the tech field.
Spreading the Impact
Each fellow is encouraged to inspire and support 30 young women, multiplying the program’s influence and bringing positive change to their communities.
Ambitious Future Goals
In the next five years, the program plans to help 3,000 people, working towards a fair and inclusive tech industry.
Creating Long-Term Change
By supporting fellows who drive progress, the program aims to make a lasting difference in the alumni tech world.
The Journey of a Fellow.
Our fellowship is a meticulously engineered lifecycle. We guide selected candidates step-by-step through a complete 9-stage sequence of technical mastery and leadership transformation.
Recruitment (Pre-Program)
- Application Process: Get the form from our website or social media to fill personal/academic details. 30 candidates picked based on skills.
- Selection Process: WLiT team interviews and chooses 15 motivated participants based on eagerness to learn and grow. Small groups ensure personalized support.
Bootcamp (2 weeks)
- Intensive Bootcamp: A specialized mix of rigorous tech training and leadership lessons.
- Full-Stack Skills: Learn JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.
- Leadership Growth: Helps fellows get structurally ready for challenges in tech.
- Balanced Training: Combines software engineering with deep personal growth.
Self-Initiated Project
- Personalized Projects: Fellows pick and start their own technical or non-technical projects.
- Explore Interests: Focus intensely on domains that personally excite them.
- Apply Knowledge: Use what they've learned by building inside real-world production setups.
- Boost Creativity: Encourages alternative logic pathways and unique technical solutions.
School Activities
- Community Outreach: Lead sessions on computing basics, career advice, and digital safety.
- Soft Skills: Drastically improves personal communication and public presentation layers.
- Raise Awareness: Fellows directly promote localized tech literacy in community schools.
- Give Back: Encourages fellows to actively contribute back to modern civic society.
1-on-1 Mentorship
- Personalized Pairing: Each fellow is paired with an industry expert or alumna for 6 sessions.
- Key Areas Covered: Targets workplace isolation, imposter syndrome, and setting career goals.
- Long-Term Guidance: Mentorship runs over 8 to 9 months for personal and professional growth.
Internship
- 8-Week Placement: Participants complete a hands-on technical traineeship position.
- Real-World Skills: Directly apply learned stack architectures in professional work spaces.
- Industry Connections: Build robust professional networks inside leading technology firms.
Monthly Meetup
- Personality Alignment: Regulated recurring check-ins with matched professional mentors.
- Ongoing Support Ecosystem: Help fellows apply code practices inside live internships.
- Workforce Mapping: Clear expert navigation while launching early tech careers.
Graduation
- 80% Completion Rule: Fellows completing at least 80% of the milestone framework graduate.
- Official Recognition: Formally recognized for their intensive hard work and project deliveries.
- Workforce Ready: Proves they are prepared to confidently join the global tech industry.
Post-Program: Alumni Community
- Join Alumni Network: Graduates join an active ecosystem of empowered tech professionals.
- Continuous Mentorship Cycle: Alumni step up to inspire, support, and guide incoming cohorts.
Requirements of the Fellowship
Genuine passion driven by curiosity, creativity, and a desire to innovate. This fuels commitment to intensive full-stack learning and meaningful local problem-solving.
Demonstrate commitment to equity by actively promoting inclusive web practice models, advocating for equal entry opportunities, and addressing localized structural tech barriers.
Applicants must be active undergraduate students pursuing a Bachelor's degree explicitly related to Computer Science or equivalent STEM disciplines.
Alumni Project Showcases
Real frameworks engineered to solve real-world community issues.
Flood Sena Project
The Flood Sena Project predicts flood-prone areas using weather data like rainfall, humidity, and wind speed, enabling timely alerts to reduce risks and protect lives. By leveraging machine learning models, it identifies high-risk zones and visualizes them on interactive maps with color-coded markers. Built using Python, React.js, and tools like Scikit-learn, the system processes data on platforms like Google Colab to deliver accurate flood risk analysis, enhancing community safety.
To predict flood-prone areas using environmental and weather data, enabling early warnings to minimize damage and ensure the safety of people and property.
Create a reliable flood detection system by analyzing weather parameters such as rainfall, humidity, pressure, and wind speed. Provide a user-friendly platform for real-time monitoring and alerts.
- Real-time monitoring: Displays interactive maps with flood-prone areas highlighted.
- Alerts and notifications: Sends early warnings directly to users.
- Interactive dashboard: Enables simple exploration of predictions and historical weather data.
eCareSathi Project
The eCareSathi Project is a role-based web application designed to enhance communication and service management among caregivers, riders, and parents. It enables users to register based on their specific roles, offering tailored functionalities like caregivers updating child logs. Built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the frontend, and Node.js with Express.js on the backend, eCareSathi streamlines parent-caregiver coordination workflows.
To streamline communication and service management among caregivers, riders, and parents through a role-based web application.
Simplify service management, fostering efficient communication and collaboration among its users.
- Role-Based Registration: Users register as Caregiver, Rider, or Parent with tailored forms.
- Child Information Updates: Caregivers log specific details about meals, homework, and activities.
- Responsive Viewports: Ensures clean usability and visual layout presentation across all mobile and desktop devices.
TechyVents Project
TechyVents bridges the gap between tech enthusiasts and event organizers. Users can browse upcoming workshops or hackathons by date or topic (AI, cybersecurity, programming). Built using Express.js, MongoDB, and EJS, it lets organizers seamlessly manage events and track RSVPs while helping the local tech community find spaces to learn and collaborate.
TechyVents is a web application designed to serve as a centralized hub for tech enthusiasts and event organizers. Its primary goal is to simplify the process of discovering, managing, and participating in tech events.
Ensure that users can easily access information about upcoming events while offering event organizers a reliable way to connect with their target audience.
- Event Discovery Pipeline: Users browse curated tech events filtered cleanly by date, technical domain, and location indices.
- Clean User Interface: Strips layout distractions to maintain seamless, accessible navigation loops across all devices.
- Organizer Dashboards: Verified accounts can post and manage events, add schedules, and track RSVP engagement.
SajhaSewa Project
SajhaSewa is a centralized marketplace website connecting service providers with seekers for tasks like writing, plumbing, or design. Providers build comprehensive profiles, while seekers post requirements and hire professionals based on transparent reviews and scores. Built on the MERN stack, it delivers an accessible, reliable solution that simplifies local hiring.
SajhaSewa is a web application designed to create a reliable platform that connects service providers with service seekers. The project aims to facilitate seamless interactions for a wide range of services, including content writing, plumbing, and other specialized tasks.
Bridge the gap between demand and supply in the localized professional service marketplace.
- Profile Creation Engine: Service providers register and create digital portfolios to showcase skills and experience.
- Requirement Posting: Seekers publish concrete job scopes, detailing specialized tasks, budgets, and operational timelines.
- Transparent Reviews: Displays historical user ratings and feedback transparently to foster trust during selection.
SootheSphere Project
SootheSphere is a digital wellness platform built with modern web tools to create a safe, calming space. It pairs emoji inputs with mood-based background tracks and guided meditations to ease anxiety. A built-in mood tracker displays emotional trends over time, giving users deeper self-awareness and gentle reminders to take care of their emotional health.
To provide a calming, safe space for users to ease anxiety, express emotions, and understand their feelings better through self-reflection and tailored relaxation tools.
To create a nurturing platform where users can freely express themselves, relax, and gain better emotional awareness.
- Sound Therapy Systems: Offers soothing background soundtracks, guided meditations, and tactical anger-cooling tracks.
- Dynamic Mood Journaling: An interactive notes area that pairs selected emoji inputs with matching soundscapes.
- Mood Tracker Timeline: Monitors long-term emotional logs, displaying clear patterns and reminder systems to look for support.
Expectations After Fellowship
Graduation transforms fellows into active tech ecosystem builders within our lifelong support network.
1. Mentor New Fellows
Alumnae intentionally return to support incoming cohorts, passing down full-stack practices and leadership toolsets.
2. Active Alumni Network
Coordinate and share structural tech vacancies within an active directory aimed at increasing workforce equity metrics.
3. Join a Larger Community
Participate in corporate tech panels and community roundtables to build unified systemic support spaces across Nepal.
4. Ongoing Advisory Support
Receive continuous career counseling templates, tech stack architecture reviews, and institutional placement options through WLiT.
5. Confidently Enter the Workforce
Step securely into professional roles armed with engineered software architectures. Extend structural support pathways downward by facilitating computer code tracks to primary school networks nationwide.
Inquiries & Program FAQs
Detailed Framework Matrix and Selection Guidelines
What is the WLiT Kathmandu Fellowship 2024/25?
The WLiT Kathmandu Fellowship 2024/25 is the tenth year of Women Leaders in Technology’s main program. It helps young women studying tech by giving them a chance to learn new skills, develop leadership abilities, and connect with professionals. Fellows take part in a bootcamp with technical and leadership sessions, get one-on-one mentoring, work on internships, and be part of community projects while building connections with others in the industry.
Who is eligible to apply for the Kathmandu Fellowship?
This fellowship is for young women who are currently studying for a Bachelor’s degree in tech. We encourage women from all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented and marginalized communities, to apply. Only current students can apply, so recent graduates are not eligible.
What do fellows gain from the fellowship?
By joining, fellows become part of a supportive community of like-minded young women. You’ll gain valuable skills in leadership and tech, access an expansive network of alumni, and build key corporate connections with partner tech companies that will accelerate your career.
Is there a fee to apply for the fellowship? Are scholarships available?
Yes, the fellowship has a program fee of Rs. 5,000 for the full program duration. However, you can easily apply for partial or full scholarships by filling out the financial aid section inside the application form. Scholarships are awarded entirely based on financial need.
What is the structure of the fellowship and what will I learn?
The fellowship spans 6-9 months and focuses on technical and leadership development. It kicks off with a 2-week intensive bootcamp covering JavaScript, Express, Node.js, MongoDB, and communication tracks. This is followed by monthly check-in meetups, community school outreach activities, 1-on-1 mentorship, an 8-week internship at a partner organization, and a formal graduation ceremony.
What is the school activity project to be done by the fellows?
The school activity involves fellows leading localized tech workshops like 'Hour of Code' and 'Internet Safety Sessions' for students in public and community schools. You will be fully trained for these sessions during the fellowship, giving you a chance to pass on your skills and inspire younger generations.
How much time should I commit to the fellowship? Will it interfere with my college schedule?
The fellowship is carefully structured to fit smoothly around your university studies. While activities like the bootcamp, monthly meetups, and internships are mandatory, there are strategic schedule breaks between milestones to ensure it does not conflict with your core college timelines.
How does mentorship work during the fellowship?
Each fellow is matched 1-on-1 with a personal mentor (an industry expert or WLiT alumna) selected to suit their personality. Across six structured sessions spanning the fellowship, mentors provide guidance and emotional support to navigate workspace hurdles like imposter syndrome, set clear career milestones, and successfully bridge into the workforce.
Start your Story.
Applications open once annually for technology undergraduate candidates. Become part of the permanent leadership ecosystem lifecycle.