Inspiring Girls launches new programme in UK with an International Women's Day event Copthall School

Inspiring Girls launches new programme in UK with an International Women’s Day event at a London school, London, 27th March 2023 – Inspiring Girls, a global charity that connects girls with inspiring female role models, has launched an exciting new programme of activities in UK schools aimed at tackling gender stereotypes and raising the aspirations of girls.

1 in 5 (21%) girls in the UK feel held back at school by gender stereotypes1. To address this issue, Inspiring Girls UK is collaborating with partners to deliver a range of activities in schools, including inspiring talks with role models, new ‘Dream Gap’ workshops with Barbie Mattel focusing on leadership and careers, and financial literacy workshops with BlackRock and BNY Mellon Investment Management.

The programme of activities kicked off with an International Women's Day celebration at Copthall School in north London, where 200 girls aged 14 years old were joined by five leading women in the country: renowned British physicist, Dr Jess Wade; award-winning broadcaster, Andrea McLean; ; gold medal-winning Paralympian, Anne Usher MBE; leading FGM activist, Nimco Ali OBE; and founder of Advancing Your Potential, Hira Ali.

The speakers shared their personal stories, advice, and answered questions from the girls in the audience.

The panel was co-chaired by the Inspiring Girls UK Young Ambassador, 16-year-old Hanan Bayanoni, and Hattie Brett, editor of Grazia magazine.

"Our research shows that 70% of girls feel differently about their futures after hearing from inspiring role models," said Miriam Gonzalez-Durantez, Founder and Chair of Inspiring Girls International "Having worked with thousands of girls around the world over the past six years, we are delighted to be working on new activities in the UK to connect girls with British role models, who can show them that you don’t have to give in to gender stereotypes when choosing your career path."

Hanan Bayanoni, Inspiring Girls UK Young Ambassador, added, "As the new UK Young
Ambassador for Inspiring Girls, I am thrilled that this charity is launching this new
programme of work in schools here. We need to see and hear from impressive women and understand all the opportunities available to us – Inspiring Girls makes that happen!" Inspiring Girls International is active in 30 countries across 6 continents. In 2022, the charity worked with 18.4K girls, registered 3.9K role models, and delivered 915 events across the world. To register interest as a role model, school, or potential partner, visit https://www.inspiring-girls-uk.com/get-involved.

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Inspiring Girls Launch 

Inspiring Girls, a global charity that connects girls with inspiring female role models, has launched an exciting new programme of activities in UK schools aimed at tackling gender stereotypes and raising the aspirations of girls.  As part of our  International Women's Month celebrations, Copthall hosted  the launch of Inspiring Girls UK on Monday 27th March where 200  students from Year 10 and Year 12  old were joined by five leading women in the country: renowned British physicist, Dr Jess Wade; award-winning broadcaster, Andrea McLean; ; gold medal-winning Paralympian, Anne Usher MBE; leading FGM activist, Nimco Ali OBE; and founder of Advancing Your Potential, Hira Ali. The speakers shared their personal stories, advice, and answered questions from the girls in the audience. The panel was co-chaired by the Inspiring Girls UK Young Ambassador, 16-year-old Hanan Bayanoni, and Hattie Brett, editor of Grazia magazine.

Prior to the event Year 10 students engaged in form time activities regarding the speakers and prepared insightful questions which they got the chance to ask during the Q&A session following the panel discussion. Hosting the UK launch of the Inspiring Girls charity has been a privilege and an accumulation of the work we have done with them throughout this academic year , including prior online speaker sessions that were facilitated for Year 11s and Year 9s as part of their form time routine with the aim of exposing them to inspiring female role models and a range of careers , raising thus aspiration and encouraging female empowerment. The speaker event was an amazing way to close off International Women's Month celebrations and we are looking forward to further successful collaboration with Inspiring Girls. 

 

Ms Konstantinou, Ms Midgley, Ms MacDonald, Ms De Jong