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|Description=Greenlight for girls holds one-day, girl-focused events to show the fun in math, science, engineering and technology through hands-on workshops run by role-models in STEM fields. These are free & open to the local community with particular focus to reach girls in less advantaged communities. The money raised would provide 1,000 girls funding for transport, nutrition, workshop materials, access to lab & computer equipment so that they may participate regardless of their economic situation.


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=Challenge=
Sometimes all you need in life is a special person to encourage you to pursue your dreams. Not everyone has this role model in their lives or the means to the education needed to get there. There are so few women that take up science careers but they make up more than half of the world's population. Why? We asked girls, "Why do you think women don't go into the sciences?" They had so many answers; but, one stood out. "They hadn't experienced it." That's what we are here to do for them.

=Long-Term Impact=
In our follow-up surveys after our events, an average of 94% of girls who attended said the event encouraged them to pursue science subjects, even from some who were not currently enrolled in science studies. Our events have already demonstrated a positive impact to inspire girls all around the world from every economic background. We have already reached 15,000 children and this additional funding will help us to reach 15,000 more!

=References=

# http://www.greenlightforgirls.org
# http://greenlightforgirls.org/g4g-day/
# http://greenlightforgirls.org/g4g-team/
# http://www.greenlightforgirls.org/calendar/
# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WkwfHHQ0Us


=Project Gallery=

|Problems=204225
|organization_id=38043
|Region=Belgium
|Resources=['http://www.greenlightforgirls.org', 'http://greenlightforgirls.org/g4g-day/', 'http://greenlightforgirls.org/g4g-team/', 'http://www.greenlightforgirls.org/calendar/', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WkwfHHQ0Us']
|scraped_url=https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/give-girls-a-greenlight-in-stem-around-the-world/
|scraped_from=GlobalGiving
|feature_image=File:ph_26863_98054.jpg|Greenlight girl signs the Founder's labcoat
|images=[[File:ph_26863_96694.jpg|Girls learning how to extract DNA in Surrey UK,File:ph_26863_97141.jpg|Chemistry exploration!,File:ph_26863_97142.jpg|Science learning in Pittsburgh USA,File:ph_26863_98041.jpg|250 girls get excited for an event in Goa,File:ph_26863_98043.jpg|Girls became Cisco Certified Engineers!,File:ph_26863_98048.jpg|Getting crazy in Lithuania with 200 amazing girls!,File:ph_26863_98051.jpg|Giving a g4g award at a European science fair,File:ph_26863_98052.jpg|Starting our event off in Brussels,File:ph_26863_98053.jpg|Greenlight girls share their knowledge in Krakow!,]]
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|geo_id=2802361}}