Chloé | #GirlsForward Campaign

Gaby Aghion, the iconic and inspirational founder of Chloé, believed strongly in giving women the freedom to dare to be themselves. True to the spirit of the designer, Girls Forward is a partnership between Chloé and UNICEF aiming to provide adolescent girls with "digital and technology skills, entrepreneurial capacity and spirit, and confidence."

In the words of Patty Alleman, UNICEF's Senior Gender and Development Advisor, "Tomorrow’s climate entrepreneur, artificial intelligence coder or science teacher is today’s diversity of adolescent girl strength. Valuing their skills and opportunities to discover who they can be is a guaranteed return of a bold vision for gender equality." 

Throughout the three-year partnership, Girls Forward supports UNICEF in their work in Bolivia, Jordan, Morocco, Senegal,Tajikistan, and many other countries, equipping girls with skills to promote their employability and progression.

To date, the Girls Forward programme has helped almost 10,000 adolescent girls and young women, providing them with an education and teaching them the technical skills needed to become financially independent and to advance in the workplace. The global progression of girls and young women not only helps the girls themselves but also their families and society as a whole. 

Training and secondary education have tangible results; girls in secondary education can expect to go on and earn almost twice as much as girls without a secondary education. Speaking in a recent video update from Chloé, some of the young women that have taken part in the training program in Jordan shared their stories:

"After reading about the education and digital studies, I felt encouraged to improve my skills on a computer and learn how to work on a laptop and create programmes and my own projects and be able to deal with any situation."

"Learning something new in a short period of time helps me develop digital skills, which can help me find a job and generate an income. It can also help me enter the labour market in the future. Online work is an opportunity for us to work from home and generate our own income."

"I can tell this project was a turning point in my life. It helped me learn who I really am. I found that I am a person, who can handle anything and I am always reliable. Everyone knows that being financially independent helps you become physically and mentally comfortable. So when I know I will have a job and stable income, at least I feel productive and that I can contribute to society."

"I registered for the course for many reasons. One main reason was to gain new skills and information in the world of technology, as it is always changing and developing."

"We are living in modern and digital times. This programme has changed my life significantly."

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