Girls themselves must be in the front seat: They must be solvers of the problems they face in their communities, and shapers of creating the world they want. No solutions for girls without girls! We must invest and scale interventions that are girl-centered in their design, deliver and monitoring, with a focus on skills that position girls for equal participation and transition to employment. Reimagining approaches for girls’ skills and learning: Toward girl-centered solutions More girls than ever find innovative solutions to the world´s problems, they access 21st century opportunities and take new economic pathways. Girls in ICT Day is a moment to celebrate all the girls who go against these trends, who challenge gender stereotypes, who lead and succeed in ICT and who actively champion for their equality. With school closures and scarce connectivity, and increase in the gender digital gap in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, many girls in low-resource and crisis settings risk dropping out of formal education systems forever, making the education stakes even higher. Only one third of graduates coming from STEM disciplines are girls, and as 90% of the world’s future jobs is projected to require STEM skills, girls’ employment prospects are reducing. In ECA, girls are more likely to be not in education, employment and training (NEET) than boys (16% for girls, 12% for boys) and youth unemployment is also higher for girls (23% for girls, 19% for boys). Yet, girls in ECA continue to be underrepresented, left out and they miss essential learning opportunities in STEM and ICT fields due to harmful norms and gendered expectations of girls as caregivers – and gender stereotypes are perpetuated through generations. 12% of the total population are between 10-19 years, including a vast cohort of girls who could be future tech leaders, engineers and programmers. To provide a year-round extensive suite of programs for K-12 girls, it runs summer camps, after school programs, and community STEM programs, along with excellent excursion programs for girls who love STEM.With a growing start-up scene and new jobs being created every day in the digital space, the future is looking bright for young people in the Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA). Girlstart focuses on its mission to lead the nation in designing and implementing innovative, high quality, and informal STEM education programs that inspire girls to make a difference. Raised over $10,000 to ensure girls have equitable access to STEM in their areas 7.

Direct fun, educational and hands-on minds-on projects in after school programs.

Served more than 20,000 girls through capacity building programs in national partnership programs.

They also provide summer STEM programs in San Francisco Bay area and provides useful resources for girls’ support networks. It runs after school programs in California, the Pacific Northwest, and Washington, D.C. One of the earliest organizations in the field, Techbridge Girls focuses on introducing girls and marginalized communities to the STEM fields. Our next organization is trying to address this particular issue. Techbridge Girlsĭo you know who’s even more underrepresented in STEM than girls?

Won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring 6.Increased participation of girls in computer science and engineering classes through trained teachers by 30-80%.Trained teachers organize panel discussions, field trips and job shadows in participating schools.You’ll get training and support for organizing virtual (and physical when times allow) events. If you’re an educator, you can sign up and start an Ignite panel at your school.

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