Project AIEd Kenya
Transforming Education Through Artificial Intelligence (AI)
STEM4Girls Kenya
STEM4Girls is part of Project AIEd Kenya. Project AIEd Kenya is part of an online global network for policymakers, educators, communities, and students committed to transforming education and society in the interest of humanity by leveraging the affordances of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIEd) while mitigating the limitations through AI Governance, Human Oversight, and other Tools. Project AIEd Kenya promotes curriculum and instruction, English and STEM education, research and publications, and dialogue and advocacy related to AIEd. Read More …
Project AIEd Kenya Celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child 11 October By Launching the the STEM4Girls Kenya Research Project
Dr. Leonard Wakili Wakoli JOOHST
Message from the Director
Happy International Day of the Girl Child! Today, we celebrate the strength, potential, and dreams of every girl in our communities. In Kenya, we must continue to empower our girls with education, opportunities, and equal rights. Together, let’s break barriers, inspire leadership, and create a future where every girl can thrive and achieve her full potential. #InvestInGirls #EmpowerHer
As we join the international community and the United Nations to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, let us learn from UNICEF.
5 GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS WITH AND FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS: A PARTNERSHIP BRIEF
Skills4Girls | Girl-centered solutions for unlocking the potential of adolescent girls
https://www.unicef.org/documents/five-game-changing-solutions-and-adolescent-girls
Vanessa Nakate on how climate crisis impacts girls | UNICEF
How climate crisis impacts girls
Some Statistics
Nearly 1 in 4 married/partnered adolescent girls aged 15-19 have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime.
Adolescent girls continue to account for 3 in 4 new HIV infections among adolescents.
Nearly 1 in 5 girls are still not completing lower-secondary and nearly 4 in 10 girls are not completing upper-secondary school today.
Around 90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers are twice as likely to be online.
Publications
- Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy, 2022 – 2025
- Global Annual Results Report 2022: Gender equality
- Bridging the Gender Digital Divide
- Legislating and enforcing the minimum age of marriage: A comparative study of experiences and lessons learned in ending the legalization of child marriage
- Gender-Transformative Accelerator
Links
- UNICEF: International Day of the Girl Child
- UN Women: International Day of the Girl Child
- UNESCO: International Day of the Girl Child
- UN Secretary-General’s Campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women
- The Spotlight Initiative
- HeForShe
- World Bank: Girls’ Education
- United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative
- International Labour Organization: Gender and child labour in agriculture
- UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage
- UN Global Issues: Gender equality
- SDG-5: Gender equality
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