PROGRAM OUTCOMES

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

STUDENT SUMMIT 2021
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PROGRAM SUMMARY
Program Overview
This Summit brings together a diverse group of students to take part in designing, testing, and iterating solutions to some of
the world’s most intractable problems when it comes to gender equality. While learning about the various issues women and
girls face globally, we’ll learn about ourselves as leaders—and about how each of us can take action to advance gender
equality worldwide. Over the course of 2 days, groups of students from around the world will gain inspiration from expert
speakers and collaborate virtually on short, fun, and meaningful projects and collaborations. This program is designed for
students aged 11 - 18.

Far from being a lecture or a simulation, students instead examine serious issues, build new relationships with peers, and
work directly on #ChoosetoChallenge to dream up new ways to accelerate progress on gender equality.

Key Activities
Meaning Building Activity on Equiterra, a Utopia where
gender equality has been achieved.
Speaker Choice: 30-minute talks with women excelling in
their fields
Group project: students collaborated with peers from
different contexts to create a visual representation of a
problem related to gender inequality and its solution
Pledge wall: students made personal commitments to
fighting gender inequality and posted them to our Digital
Summit Pledge Wall.

Cleo Parker Robinson
Women Creatives
Dancer and Arts Educator
Nadine Lehner
Women in Sports
First person to lead an expedition
across Patagonia National Park
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EXPERT SPEAKERS
Sophia Kianni
Closing Keynote
Youth Climate Activist
Jessica Creamer
Women in Tech Angela Gomez
Researcher at NASA's Jet Women in Business
Propulsion Laboratory Colombian Outdoor Education
Colombian Entrepreneur
Abby Chan Pamela Chumil
Women in Health Women's Empowerment
Nutrition and healthy habits expert Guatemalan and Indigenous woman studying social
work and working at the MAIA Impact School for Girls
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AREAS FOR
IMPROVEMENT

Students were asked to provide recommendations for changes to future virtual

programs. Responses were highly dependent on the individual student, with high
variance within programs. The most frequently mentioned recommendations were:

From Students:
Allow more time for project work & explain the project a bit more in-depth
Have more time for discussion with the Summit Groups
Increase the diversity of students, both in terms of gender and nationalities

From the Envoys Team:

Allow time to debrief speaker sessions and other activities
Provide instructions in other languages for students whose first language is not
English
Improve pre-summit communications in hopes of increasing attendance rates
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STUDENT VOICES

Student feedback is very important to us.

Participants filled out a survey after "I really enjoyed this program! I was not sure what to
completing the program. Here is a summary of expect, but I am very glad that I did it. I loved how
their opinions about the event: interactive it was and how many different activities we did
(guest speakers, Equiterra, group project, even yoga!). It
was unlike any other program I have done through Zoom
because there was just enough packed into two days to be
From 1-5, how satisfied were you with... interesting and not overloaded. I was so glad to do
something on International Women's Day and hope this
5 summit continues next year!."
- Alesia Paliwoda
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"The summit gave me the opportunity to learn directly
3 from great minds, with successful lives, and lots of
2 experience they were more than willing to share. I also got
to collaborate with people who have many of the same
1 principles as me, to create an interesting presentation,
and I simply had a lot of fun, was very inspired, and am
0 really happy with the entire summit experience."
- Isabella Baumfeld
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STUDENT OUTPUTS
The Pledge Wall
Students made personal commitments on how they will #choosetochallenge gender inequality. Visit the Pledge Wall here:
https://padlet.com/lrocha13/g50hvsu54rmpk7ka
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STUDENT OUTPUTS

Group Projects
In groups of 3-4, students were charged with creating a
visual representation of an issue related to gender equality
of their choice, the problem, and its solution.

Some of the projects were:

A lesson plan to teach Middle School students to
identify and stop instances of gender inequality in
school.
An Instagram account to raise awareness around
feminicide.
An infographic explaining why the small phrase "boys
will be boys" is harmful to kids of all genders.
A poster challenging beauty standards for women and
girls across multiple cultures.

And many more!

To access all group projects, go to this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mn8ZZXLvzjvEU
gxEByv3qIMRqcuuem2miY8zPQEAaU4/edit?usp=sharing

To view photos of the event, go here:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tv67hPJ1zybJDWh88
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