Support Her Empowerment & Girls' Resilience, Enterprise, and Technology Initiative (SHE's GREAT!)
- P Project/Program
Key Information
SHE’s GREAT! is a holistic community-based gender responsive program for boys and girls in order to identify and transform gender stereotypes and build inclusive communities where students are equipped with the networks, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Design, and Math (STEAM) training, confidence, and leadership skills to fully participate in their communities and careers. Through the SHE’s GREAT! program implementation, a greater network of stakeholders and partners at the community and national levels are harnessed to better promote girls’ increased economic, technology, leadership, and innovation skills and opportunities
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Years
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Activity URL
Location(s)
Benin, Ethiopia, Georgia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia
Funders
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S/GWI
Partners
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US Department of State
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Education areas
Skills
- STEM
Cross-cutting areas
- Gender equality
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Girls (both in school and out of school)
Age
13 - 17
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
Other populations reached
- Boys (both in school and out of school)
- Other community members - female
- Other community members - male
Participants include
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Program Approaches Back to Top
School-related gender-based violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- STEM - in the classroom
- STEM - outside the classroom
- Tutoring - general
Women's empowerment programs
- Empowerment training
- Leadership training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
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Cross-cutting goals
- Increased agency and empowerment
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Micah Johnston
- International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
- Project Manager
- mjohnston@irex.org