Tech For Her

Building real, shippable web apps that solve women's real problems — powered by GenSpark AI.

Tech For Her is a fast-paced, in-person hackathon where students come together to turn a real problem facing a real woman — a sister, mother, friend, classmate, or neighbour — into a working web application, in a single day.

This is not a workshop. You get tools, mentors, and time to build something that actually works and helps someone. Whether you are solving a problem in education, health, money, safety, or community — this is your runway.

Jointly organized by Machine Learning Bangladesh and HerWILL, supported by ATB Jobs, Mutual Trust Bank and powered by GenSpark AI.

Machine Learning Bangladesh (MLBD) is a leading AI community that has run the popular Build with AI Hack Days series across Bangladesh — including @DIU, @EMK, and @RUET on Devpost. Together with HerWILL, MLBD brings this same fast, hands-on building energy to a women-focused challenge.

Participants get hands-on access to GenSpark AI, an all-in-one AI super-agent platform that gives you access to powerful AI models, plans, builds, and deploys apps for you — and can even create your presentation slides. You may also use other AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, etc.) for ideation so you don't burn extra credits, but GenSpark is the platform you must use to build your solution and create your presentation.

No prior AI experience needed. Bring your laptop and your ideas. This hackathon is open exclusively to students of Asian University for Women (AUW); only those who have signed up can submit a project, one per team.

• 9:00 AM — Event starts: kickoff and hacking begins
• ~3:00 PM — Hacking ends (may be extended to 3:30 PM with extra time)
• After hacking — Judging: 1.5 to 2 hours. Students present in teams: 5 minutes of presenting, followed by 2–3 minutes of Q&A.

Pick one track and one idea from it. You can also propose your own idea within the track, as long as it fits the theme:

• Education — AI study assistant, scholarship finder, study planner, peer tutoring app
• Health & Wellbeing — mental wellness journal, period tracker, pregnancy companion, nutrition tracker, women's health education app
• Financial Independence — expense tracker, savings planner, budget assistant, small business inventory system
• Safety & Community — SOS application, emergency contact manager, community support platform, safe route planner, anonymous reporting platform
• Networking & Leadership — women in STEM community, event management platform, networking application, volunteer matching, leadership resource hub

Start with a real person. Think about what would make her day easier, safer, or more empowering. Then build for her.

• Be respectful. Treat every participant, mentor, judge, and volunteer with kindness.
• No harassment or discrimination. This includes insults, offensive jokes, or exclusion based on gender, religion, background, ability, or anything else.
• Collaborate, don't sabotage. Healthy competition is welcome. Interfering with another team's work is not.
• Be honest. Present only your own work and be truthful about what your app can and cannot do.
• Respect privacy and ethics. Build technology that protects users. Do not create anything that could harm, track, or expose anyone.
• Give everyone a voice. In your team, share tasks fairly and listen to each other's ideas.
• Follow the organizers' instructions and venue or platform rules.
• Report issues. If you face or see any problem, tell an organizer immediately. All reports will be handled seriously and confidentially.

Anyone who breaks the code of conduct may be warned, disqualified, or asked to leave the event.

• Start small. Build one feature that works really well before adding more.
• Plan your time. Idea, then design, then build, then test, then present.
• Divide roles: frontend, backend, design, research, and presenter.
• Practice your demo at least twice. A working demo beats a long slide deck.
• Ask mentors for help. That's what they're here for!

Remember: you don't need to build a perfect product. You need to build something that shows you understand a real problem and can turn an idea into a working solution. Be bold, be kind, and build with purpose. Good luck, and let your WILL shape the future!