Project
STEM Pathways
Bringing STEM closer to girls
Implementation: Start: 1/11/2025 - End 28/02/2027
Description
The STEM Pathways project aims to empower parents to cultivate girls’ interest and engagement in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) by addressing gender stereotypes and promoting inclusive education.
The project recognizes the impact parents and family have in shaping children’s interests, skills, and future roles in society and seeks to provide them with the necessary skills and knowledge to support their daughters’ interest and engagement in STEM fields.
The project aims to enhance the accessibility of adult education by empowering parents with the necessary skills and knowledge to support their daughters’ interest and engagement in STEM fields. By developing an online capacity building program focused on STEM-related, digital, transversal skills, parents will have the flexibility to learn at their own pace, thus improving the availability of tailored learning opportunities for adults.
The STEM PATHWAYS objectives are the following:
- Increase parents’ and families’ awareness and comprehension of how gender stereotypes influence the activities children engage in, their interests, skills, and future roles in society as adults
- Provide parents and families with the necessary knowledge and skills related to STEM and transversal skills
- Promote the adoption of non-formal education practices aimed at encouraging girls’ participation in STEM
- Raise public awareness about how gender stereotypes in parenting impact girls’ involvement in STEM
- Facilitate the implementation of interactive non-formal education activities between parents and their daughters to foster engagement in STEM
Who do we address?
The target groups of the STEM Pathways project are:
- Adult learners, specifically parents and/or family members of young girls, with a particular focus on those from disadvantaged backgrounds
- Adult education trainers who will be engaged in designing and delivering upskilling activities to parents
- Young girls of school age
- Schools, youth organizations, and adult education institutions
- Policy makers and research centers
- The STEM industry