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