What is Inspira STEAM?
Inspira STEAM is a pioneering project whose aim is to encourage interest in science and technology among young people, especially girls. It is based on awareness-raising and guidance actions given by women, and also men, professionals from the world of research, science and technology. This is the first time that group mentoring is used in a project to promote STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) among primary school students.
The heart of our project are the mentors who, on a voluntary basis, bring their day-to-day lives closer to girls and boys through six work sessions during school hours. All these people are professionals in science and technology who work in different fields: academia, business, research, management, etc.
The keys to the project
- We want to provide new REFERENCES of women scientists and technologists close to us.
- Let boys and girls discover STEAM PROFESSIONS.
- To raise awareness of the need for development to take place between men and women, to value the richness of DIVERSITY.
- SENSITIZE and provide guidance on science and technology studies.
- VISIBILISING and highlighting the STEAM women of history, those of today and those close to us.
- To raise awareness of the existing STEREOTYPES in these areas so that they do not condition the decisions of girls and boys.
Inspira STEAM Manifest
In 2017 we launched the Inspira STEAM Manifest, which is a commitment by the people and organisations that adhere to it to work actively for equality between women and men in the scientific-technological field.
Prizes and awards
Inspira STEAM has received numerous awards and recognitions that highlight the great work carried out by the hundreds of people who are part of this initiative. In addition, more than 50 entities have signed the Inspira STEAM Statement with which they facilitate the participation of women and men in their organisation as mentors in the project and raise awareness in their community about the gender gap in science and technology.
The Inspira STEAM project won the runner-up prize for promoting scientific and technological vocations among young people, especially girls.
The association AulaBlog recognises Inspira STEAM with the #Sekeirox award, which is given every year to projects or organisations that stand out for their values and actions to improve education in the classroom.
The audience has chosen, by popular vote, Inspira STEAM as its Laboral Kutxa Award for Excellence for promoting scientific-technological vocations among girls and facilitating new female referents with the aim of achieving their development and access to studies or professions in science or technology.
22/04/2021 | Awarded by the hearing
This award has recognised the work of Inspira STEAM in favour of the empowerment of women and the change towards more egalitarian values.
March 2021 | Provincial Council of Bizkaia
An initiative of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MEFP) aimed at fostering STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in connection with the Arts and Humanities) vocations in girls and young women. The event coincided with the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
11/02/2021 | Ministry of Education and Vocational Training | Minister Isabel Celaá
The prize for the best initiative with a gender perspective promoted by the other entities. It promotes scientific-technological vocations among girls in primary education through group mentoring.
November 2020 | Basque Government
Award for good practice in University Social Commitment.
18/12/2019 | Aristos campus mundus
These prizes are awarded to projects that add value to the public and which, due to their technological potential, are, in the opinion of the organisers, worth disseminating among the public.
November 2019 | Awarded by the association Internet Euskadi
Award for the best volunteering initiative in the field of education.
December 2018 | Awarded by the Telefónica Foundation
The Awards aim to give public recognition to the role of women in technology and to encourage girls and young women to study technology careers.
October 2019 | Awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya
The initial intention was to take up issues raised by previous studies, to add another perspective on volunteering and to highlight its social contribution. However, as soon as the exploration began, certain data led the focus of the study to the multiple identity of the volunteer in social action.
October 2019 | Fundación Telefónica
It consists of presenting a state of the question of the digital gender gap in our country and has a double objective: to highlight the figure of women in the digital world and to propose solutions to reverse the existing gender gap.
March 2019 | Ministry of Economy and Enterprise
More than 400 people and organisations have signed the Inspira STEAM Statement, opening spaces for girls and women in science and technology.
This statement is a commitment by the people and organisations that adhere to it to work actively for equality between women and men in the scientific-technological field.
Do you want to participate?
Inspira STEAM is developed thanks to the MENTORS, science and technology professionals, to the EDUCATIONAL CENTRES that open their doors to us and to the ENTITIES that support the project. Do you want to be one of them?
Editions
Female mentors: 305
Male mentors: 57
Centres: 109
Boys: 2,608
Girls: 2,459
Nodes: Euskadi, Catalonia, Madrid, Asturias, Galicia, Zaragoza, La Rioja, Canary Islands, Murcia, Castellón, Chile and Argentina.
Female mentors: 359
Male mentors: 32
Centres: 137
Boys: 3,066
Girls: 3,156
Nodes: Euskadi, Cataluña, Madrid, Asturias, Galicia, Zaragoza, Chile, Murcia
310 mentors. 119 schools. 2571 girls. 2755 boys. Centres in the Basque Country, Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia, Galicia and Asturias.
587 mentors. 177 schools. 4386 girls. 4321 boys. Centres in the Basque Country, Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia, Galicia and Asturias.
315 mentors. 113 schools. 2982 girls. 2893 boys. Centres in the Basque Country, Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Galicia.
131 mentors. 48 schools. 1523 girls. 1321 boys. Centres in the Basque Country, Catalonia and Madrid.
17 mentors. 11 schools. 220 girls. Centres in the Basque Country.
