For young Júlio Conceição, 19, his first job brought self-esteem and a “historic moment”, as he describes it: when he paid his first bill with his salary. Júlio is one of those trained by Generation Brasil, a non-profit NGO based in São Paulo, but also present in Rio de Janeiro, Campinas and Recife, with a free program of professional training in technology for people in situations of social or economic vulnerability . The organization already has more than 2,000 graduates and more than 1,700 of them are employed.
The NGO prioritizes diversity and the inclusion of women, blacks and LGBTQIAPN+ people in the labor market. Letícia Zimerer, 23, also a former student, noticed in her new job that, in addition to her, there was only one other woman on the team. Even so, she never felt diminished and, as she grows in her career, “she wants to inspire other women to work in the technology field”, she says.
Eager to get a job in the development field, that's how Bianca Luna defines herself. At 25, she is a trans woman and completed her training at Generation Brasil in June. “I've always had an affinity for technology, since I was a child”, says Bianca, who lives with her family in the interior of São Paulo. Now, his focus is on trying out interviews at companies and looking for a salary range between R$ 3 thousand to R$ 4 thousand reais.
But she knows that she will face a market occupied predominantly by white men and with little space for underrepresented groups in the technology area and hopes to find companies that seek LGBTQIAPN+ employees. “This discrimination is something that needs to end. There are people within the diversity bracket who are extremely skilled and just need an opportunity. In the case of trans people, the majority, unfortunately, do not have support from their families. Often, they have to opt for informal and even illegal jobs, which contributes to greater discrimination and lower employability”, he analyzes.
DIVERSITY
In general, Generation Brasil's courses are held in partnership with companies such as Microsoft, Zé Delivery and SumUp. In the class with SumUp, currently in progress, of the 40 students, 76% are women, 71% are black or brown, 36% are LGBTQIAPN+ people. As for household income, 45% are in the range of up to R$ 2 thousand.
For Adriana Carvalho, CEO of Generation Brasil, “it is part of our mission to contribute to the qualification and diversity of the market. And it's gratifying to know about the positive change it causes in people's lives”.
According to a report by Brasscom (Association of Information and Communication Technology and Digital Technologies Companies), from December 2022, there are 1.1 million professionals in the sector in Brazil, of which 61.4% are men. In racial terms, only 11.6% of professionals are black women and 18.4% are black men; white males and females account for 53%.
ABOUT GENERATION BRAZIL
Generation Brasil is a non-profit Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) whose mission is to transform lives through education for employment, with the largest free professional training and employability program in the world. Present in more than 15 countries, it has been operating in Brazil since 2019, in the cities of São Paulo, Campinas, Recife and Rio de Janeiro. Currently, it operates in the technology sector, offering programming courses for adults in socially or economically vulnerable situations and already has more than 2,000 graduates and more than 1,700 of them employed. It prioritizes the diversity and inclusion of women, black people and the LGBTQIAPN+ community.
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