Claudie

We propose a program that will allow young girls from the age of 6 years to the end of high school to carry out activities in various scientific and technological themes.

Children begin to internalize gender stereotypes as early as age 6, according to a study published last January in the journal "Science" (http://science.sciencemag.org/... ).
Another study, also published in Science in January 2015
(http://www.pnas.org/content/11...), showed that the
stereotype that men are more intellectually brilliant penalized women in the United States, particularly in the sciences.
These stereotypes are set up from the youth, which is why we want to work with young girls as early as possible.

With time I realized that some themes are not taught to marginalized people especially in STEM. It's the first reason why I founded an association three years ago that gives astronomy lectures to mostly young people living in the disadvantaged areas.Moreover when I was at the university I realized how few women we were in physics, mathematics and mechanics studies.I know what it feels when you don't have the stereotype that a lot of people have about a scientist and especially an astronomer and I'm convinced that I can do
something about that.

Giving the opportunity for girls to learn a lot about STEM and to meet women role models primarily  will help them to fight against the stereotypes. Through the association Ephemerides I've already worked with schools and high schools to break the stereotypes that young people have about STEM. I want to keep working with them on girls and science issues. We can also work directly with the girls on their free time.

it's a long term outcome as from primary school to high schol the choice of the educational guidance should be affected - educational guidance

number of girls that follow the program - number of girls implied in STEM activites

the girls will fill out a questionnaire at the beginning and during the program - Increase in ambition and confidence

Where we want to implement our solution at first, the girls have not been yet employed in a STEM program. Thus, we should be the first to do such thing. The innovation is the fact that we bring these knowledges in some marginalized areas.

All people that have a link with the educational system, the education in general and in STEM (association, public and private institutions, etc....) will be asked to participate in our program. To be sure that our program will work we must work in collective. Moreover, we want to work with sociologists, economists, didacticians and psychologists that have an expertise on the inequalities in the French school system to allow us to enhance our work.

Our program will be free for the girls. We have to work on a
business model that will allow us to grow up and have a sustainable
financial situation.

We plan to do the following :

we can sell some products linked to Science (skymap, astrolabe)

Raise funds ( via crowdfunding or from institutions)

Establish partnerships with various organizations

looking for grants from institutions

applying for grants and other forms of funding

lack of funding

I'm a doer and I'm convinced that I have some tools and a life experience that could be an advantage to work on some global issues.

UNESCO

The l'OREAL foundation