Girls' Day Germany

4/26/2017

Europe, Germany, Germany

Every year in April technical companies, companies with technical departments and technical training facilities, universities, and research centres are invited to organise an open day for girls – Girls’Day. Girls’Day – ‘Future Prospects for Girls’ initiated a large campaign in which a wide range of professions and activities is presented to girls of 10 years upwards. The vocational choices of girls are influenced in a very positive way. For companies, Girls’Day has evolved as an important instrument of their recruitment policy.

Girls’Day encourages the surroundings of the young women – i.e. families, school, media and employers – to participate in the campaign and change their common attitudes towards vocational orientation. Information material, an all-embracing interactive website and an individual advisory service provide support for all target groups. The campaign includes a scientific evaluation. By their active participation in Girls’Day female students are motivated and encouraged to notice their options. They get to know trainings and courses of studies in technology, IT, craft and natural sciences, where women are not much represented at present.

 Due to the nationwide focus and the uniform date, Girls’Day concentrates regional limited individual initiatives and achieves a unique broad effect. It is considered the largest career orientation project for female students. The 17th Girls’Day in April 2017 was a great success: More than 10.000 institutions offered about 100.000 places for female students. Around 1.200 events were focused on ICT and the participants could visit ICT companies such as Google, SAP, Microsoft, Ericsson, Nokia, IBM, Vodafone and Cisco. 

The next Girls’Day will be held on April 26^th, 2018. Girls’Day – ‘Future Prospects for Girls’ is funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth