VHTO, the Dutch national expert organization on girls/women and science/technology, aims to increase the participation of women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Since the early 1980s, VHTO has been building up knowledge about the participation of girls and women in the world of STEM, and experience in deploying this knowledge in areas such as education. With our projects and methodology, we aim to break (implicit) stereotypes concerning gender & STEM, increase the growth mindset and self-confidence of girls and young women regarding STEM subjects. VHTO has developed several successful programmes to bring together female students/recent graduates and female professionals (role models) in STEM across the whole education spectrum, from primary to higher education, and from the vocational to the university level.

http://www.vhto.nl/over-vhto/english-page/

• Netherlands

• Youth
• Women

With our projects and methodology, we aim to break (implicit) stereotypes concerning gender & STEM, increase the growth mindset and self-confidence of girls and young women regarding STEM subjects.