The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honours outstanding innovation and contributions made by individuals, institutions and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education. The laureates of the 2017 edition are: The Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Center in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (DEPDC/GMS) in Thailand and The Mini Academy of Science and Technology (MaCTec) in Peru. Each of them were awarded 50,000 US dollars to further their work.
DEPDC/GMS was awarded the Prize for its “Education and Life Skills Training Programme to Help Stateless Children and Women Migrating from Shan State to Thailand”. The innovative programme uses education and life skills training to protect migrant girls and women from the risks of human trafficking and sexual or labour exploitation. It also works on the rehabilitation of girls and women who have fallen prey to these abuses. It is recognized as a model that can be replicated in the country and elsewhere in the world.
MaCTec Peru was awarded the Prize for its “Mobile MaCTec Bus Labs/Mini Academy of Science and Technology” project. In its 5 years of operations, MaCTec has trained 200 girls from diverse social and economic sectors of Lima, Huancayo and Huaraz who have gone on to hold workshops in schools and reach out to their peers. MaCTec estimates that at least 20,000 children have been reached in 5 years, without counting the impact of MaCTec girls in their family and community at large. MacTec has been developed in partnership with state authorities, private donors and the academic community. It is scalable and can be replicated in other countries.
Established in 2015, the UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education is funded by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
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