Girls in Technology, in strategic alliance with Cimientos Foundation y Teach for Argentina, launched the project “Strengthening the STEM careers of young women in Argentina”.”, co-financed by the European Union.
The program's objective is technology training and support for young Argentine women between the ages of 13 and 23. Chicas en Tecnología contributes its experience in initiatives that seek to reduce the gender digital gap, Fundación Cimientos contributes its knowledge in educational trajectories and labor insertion of young people in vulnerable contexts, and Enseñá por Argentina focuses on the training of teachers with extensive experience in the field.
The initiative arises in a context where adolescent girls and young women face different barriers in approaching the technological ecosystem, such as cultural stereotypes, lack of information about opportunities in STEM and lack of role models. In a society mediated by technology, the inclusion of women is necessary to ensure a construction of the future in which technological solutions are diverse and inclusive, reflecting the needs and perspectives of the entire population.
This project seeks to address, over a three-year period, this problem through a comprehensive approach that covers the entire Argentine territory with particular emphasis on vulnerable socioeconomic contexts. It has three axes of intervention:
- To motivate, train and comprehensively accompany 2,250 young people between the ages of 13 and 23. in their academic and professional careers in the STEM areas by means of festivals of innovation, in-depth training in technological areas, development of job skills, among others.
- Develop and implement a trajectory tracking strategy that will strengthen a community of 1,200 young people with academic and professional development opportunities in STEM.
- Training of 600 teachers and educational referents in gender and technology by providing resources and didactic materials to be agents of student motivation.
Girls in Technology works from the conviction that, in order ton order to achieve systemic change, it is essential to involve all social actors: public sector, private sector and civil society organizations. This will make it possible to generate in-depth cultural changes aimed at improving the conditions and opportunities of future generations, their access to and permanence in the sector and the development of more inclusive societies.
The initiative was presented at the MACBA, Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires, before national and provincial educational authorities, representatives of international cooperation agencies, leaders of the private sector and members of civil society organizations.
