Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Greenlight for girls


Description

Greenlight for girls (g4g) is an international non-profit and reach girls & women of all ages all around the globe help to inspire, motivate & achieve their studies & future possibilities in science, technology, engineering & math (STEM). They do this by holding incredibly fun events of all sizes showing the link of STEM to all careers and to link them to role models and companies for their future.
Since their inception only a few years ago, g4g is growing by leaps & bounds and now have reached & personally inspired more than 13,000 students on 6 continents by holding more than 90 events with our growing network & team of 2,500+ role models worldwide.

Project website

http://greenlightforgirls.org/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C4. Capacity building
  • AL C7. E-business
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Coverage
  • Belgium
  • France

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2010

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Women

Replicability

The work of g4g has been replicated more than 90 times at a large-event scale and has now reached 6 continents and about 30 countries.


WSIS values promotion

By inspiring girls of all ages and backgrounds to pursue STEM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics


Entity name

greenlight for girls

Entity country—type

Belgium International Organization

Entity website

http://greenlightforgirls.org/

Partners

Procter & Gamble, Cisco, AIG, Swift, Euroclear, Covestro