LaunchPad

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

LaunchPad introduces the girl child to the world of STEM and aims to break stereotypes about the industry that have been embedded at an early age. LaunchPad provides the foundation for WomEng's #1MillionGirlsInSTEM campaign which aims to create STEM awareness globally. WomEng has developed an open-source toolkit which enables passionate ambassadors globally to run these workshops in their local geographies.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Global

Activity URL

https://www.womeng.org/what-we-do

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Rights/empowerment education
Skills
  • STEM
Cross-cutting areas
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

9 - 18

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Social/gender norms change
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
  • Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms