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UNESCO laureate in Sri Lanka is building girls’ confidence through coding
Despite prolonged school closures 14yearold Diyathma pictured and 12yearold Shashadara both from Sri Lanka have become rising stars in coding during the COVID19 pandemic Thanks to the UNESCO Prize for Girls and Womens Education laureate the Shilpa Sayura Foundation and its winning programme NextGen Girls in Technology both girls discovered a passion for coding while stuck at home