#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