03 Mar HER TECH
03 Mar, 2025
Despite various initiatives, women remain significantly underrepresented in the ICT sector due to institutional, socio-economic, and cultural barriers. Our objective is to develop and implement a comprehensive teaching framework and policy interventions that create a gender-sensitive educational environment, encouraging and supporting girls and women in pursuing ICT studies and careers. This collaborative effort involves seven partner countries: Croatia, Finland,Sweden, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, and Germany. These countries provide a diverse cross-section of educational systems and cultural contexts, enhancing the robustness and transferability of our outcomes across the EU. The main deliverables of the project include a comprehensive literature review and mapping report identifying effective initiatives, a set of gender-sensitive engagement strategies and techniques, a detailed report on the motivations of women across different generations for pursuing ICT, and innovative online learning modules and teacher training materials.
Additionally, we will pilot the new learning content in selected schools and devise evidence-based policy recommendations and a new teaching framework. Effective communication and dissemination strategies will ensure broader adoption and impact. By fostering an inclusive and supportive educational environment, we aim to enhance the engagement and retention of female students in ICT. The project aspires to promote broader cultural and institutional changes towards gender equality, contributing significantly to the EU’s goals of fostering innovation, economic growth,and social equity through gender-balanced participation in the digital economy.
RESULTS
- Development of a comprehensive, gender-sensitive teaching framework for engaging girls in ICT studies across various educational contexts
- Creation of policy recommendations informed by cutting-edge research and real-world data to address systemic barriers and propose structural changes in education and industry
- Production of teacher training materials incorporating unconscious bias, inclusive teaching methods, and the use of digital tools to create engaging ICT learning experiences for female students
- Scalability and replicability of frameworks and tools, allowing institutions both within and outside partner countries to adopt and implement solutions
- Establishment of an epistemic community of educators, policymakers, researchers, and industry stakeholders committed to gender equality in ICT
- Integration of state-of-the-art methods and techniques to address the gender imbalance in ICT studies and professions, creating lasting change and promoting a more inclusive and diverse ICT sector
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