Empowerment of Disadvantaged Rural Girl Children as Social Change Agents through Basic Education in Astronomy. Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/empowerment-of-disadvantaged-rural-girl-children-as-social-change-agents-through-basic-education-in-astronomy/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:51:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Empowerment of Disadvantaged Rural Girl Children as Social Change Agents through Basic Education in Astronomy. Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/empowerment-of-disadvantaged-rural-girl-children-as-social-change-agents-through-basic-education-in-astronomy/ 32 32 Project Trains Girls as Change Makers https://astro4dev.org/project-trains-girls-as-change-makers/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:59:44 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26481 The project targeted girl children from disadvantaged, rural communities in Dindigul, India and nurtured them as social change agents. The aim was to create first generation social change makers who can influence their family and society in bringing down the superstition and improving the gender condition in society. The project formed 10 school clubs for [...]

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]]> Overview: Empowerment of Disadvantaged Rural Girl Children as Social Change Agents https://astro4dev.org/overview-empowerment-of-disadvantaged-rural-girl-children-as-social-change-agents/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:40:28 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21979 The core project idea is to build basic knowledge of Astronomy among disadvantaged rural girl children of age group 10-16 in government schools of Dindigul District, Tamilnadu, India and nurture them as Social Change Agents in overcoming superstitions. The project will cover girl children from 10 schools in a span of one year. The project [...]

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