#GyGirlPower Forum

  • N Network/Convening/Conference

I Inactive

Key Information

#GyGirlPower forum hosted at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC) was held on 2019 with over 200 girls from 15 secondary schools across Guyana's regions Three, Four, Five and 10. The programme was held in light of International STEM Day, and was made possible through collaboration among the Ministries of Education, Public Infrastructure and the European Union (EU) Delegation to Guyana.The project ‘Women in Engineering and Technology Awareness campaign’ which included the three year #GyGirlPower campaign was funded by the European Union as part of the gender approach in the Integrated Coastal Zone Management project (ICZM). Women in Engineering and Technology Awareness’ project is geared towards promoting women in Disaster Risk Management (DRM). The forum also showcased Guyanese women influential in STEM fields as positive role models for girls. The #GyGirlPower campaign will see the release of 10 new promotional videos which capture interviews with well-respected figures who strongly support the sentiment of the need for girls to better apply themselves in STEM subjects.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Guyana

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Guyana

Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated program
Years

2017 - 2021

Partner(s)

European Union (EU) Delegation to Guyana

Ministry Affiliation
Ministry of Education
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Rights/empowerment education
Quality
  • School quality
Skills
  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas
  • Climate change
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include
  • N/A
Program Approaches Back to Top
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
Social/gender norms change
  • Media campaigns
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • STEM - outside the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
  • Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Increased school completion (general)
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms