ASOCIAȚIA Grupul Verde
Pillar 03 ·

Girls in tech, youth and activism

Youth, gender & activism.

Girls make up more than half of our tech groups: 55%, year after year. With partners such as WECF we work on equality, climate and access to work, and we connect young people with European opportunities.

  • 55% girls
  • WECF
  • Erasmus+
  • Climate justice
Equality in tech, justice for the climate — Youth, gender & activism
55%girls in the tech cohorts
80young people in GreenCode

The cause · why this programme exists

Even in the EU’s leading country, technology is built by men.

Romania has the highest share of women in IT in the European Union — and yet almost 3 in 4 specialists are men. And it has the most young people neither in education nor in work in the EU.

27,8%

of IT specialists in Romania are women — the highest share in the EU, but far from parity

Eurostat, 2025 · [1]

Women among ICT specialists

Romania27.8%
EU average19.5%
Eurostat, 2025 · [1]
19.2%of young people aged 15–29 in Romania are neither in education nor in work — the highest rate in the EU (EU average: 11%)Eurostat, 2025 · [3]

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This is Youth, gender & activism.

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TechWomen Empowerment Hub

Girls coding a green future

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GreenCode for Fairer Futures

Climate justice, written in code

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Digital Inclusion

Accessible coding for every child

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TechWomen Empowerment Hub

Robots built by mixed teams

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GreenCode for Fairer Futures

Young climate activists with digital tools

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TechWomen Empowerment Hub

Young leadership for a healthy planet

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Digital Inclusion

Accessible technology for everyone

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GreenCode for Fairer Futures

GreenCode: green code for a fairer future

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Results & objectives · 2021 → 2040

The programme’s path to 2040.

Completed 2021–2026Goal 2030–2040

Youth, gender & activism

  1. 2021CompletedStarted in 2023 · TechWomen
  2. 2026Completed55% girls in cohorts · 80 GreenCode young people
  3. 2030Goal55% girls, consistently, in every cohort
  4. 2035GoalErasmus+ KA2 · European youth network
  5. 2040GoalParity in all tech programmes*

Completed = 2021–2026, public figures. * 2040 goals proposed by the association, currently being validated.

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55% girls in tech cohortsTarget met consistentlyObjective achieved
100%
TechWomen Empowerment Hub activeMulti-year programme, since 2023Objective achieved
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European Erasmus+ KA2 network2035 target · GreenCode ongoing until 2027Planned

✓What we have achieved

  • 55% girls in tech cohorts — target met consistently
  • TechWomen Empowerment Hub, a multi-year programme since 2023
  • GreenCode for Fairer Futures launched (2026–2027)

→What remains to be done

  • 55%+ girls in all cohorts by 2030
  • Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps accreditation
  • European youth network through Erasmus+ KA2 (2035)
  • Parity in all tech programmes (2040)*

What we actually do

Girls in tech: the rule, not the exception.

Girls coding a green future — TechWomen Empowerment Hub

TechWomen Empowerment Hub

A multi-year programme for girls in technology · target of 55% girls in every cohort — consistently achieved.

Climate justice, written in code — GreenCode for Fairer Futures

GreenCode for Fairer Futures

WECF / Feminist Climate Action Fund · 80 young people · min. 55% girls. May 2026 – Apr 2027.

Erasmus+ & ESC

Erasmus+ & ESC accreditation — Phase 01, 2026–2027.

Our role · how we work

We are building a place where “this isn’t for you” doesn’t exist.

We bring female role models from technology, mentoring and European opportunities to young people.

  1. Local diagnosisWe start from data: the schools, the villages and the real needs of young people in Vrancea.
  2. A programme built with expertsCurriculum and activities designed together with specialists and teachers.
  3. Training & equipmentWe bring kits, laptops and mentors wherever they are missing.
  4. Working in the communityFree, hands-on activities at school, in the village or out in the field.
  5. Measurement & public reportingWe count the results and publish them — verifiable figures, not promises.

Who we work with

The experts beside the children.

The specialist profiles we start and run the activities with. Their names appear in the project reports.

Women in technologyFacilitators and mentors — real role models for girls.Involved from the start
Youth workersWork with young people who have left school or work.Involved from the start
Careers advisersConnect skills with real job opportunities.Involved from the start
European project coordinatorsOpen the way to Erasmus+ and youth exchanges.Involved from the start

Turning pixels into oxygen

“Nobody told me this wasn’t for me.”

Asociația Grupul VerdeYouth, gender & activism

Projects 2026–2035

Projects in this programme.

Digital Inclusion

100% accessible coding, WCAG from the ground up.

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Extended through the Green Innovation Hub

What we build next.

This programme feeds directly into the Green Innovation Hub initiatives, built on European models.

the Green Innovation HubSecond ChanceEuropean model: the Production SchoolDiscover →the Green Innovation HubInclusion for Every ChildEuropean model: One-to-one mentoring for a whole yearDiscover →

What we hope for · how you can help

A girl who codes today opens the door for ten more.

Support equal opportunities in technology.

Donation

Support girls in tech

Materials, transport and mentoring for the TechWomen cohorts.

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Volunteering

Mentors from IT

Your story, once a month, can change a career choice.

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Partnership

European partner organisations

We are looking for partners for Erasmus+ exchanges and youth projects.

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Equipment

Placements and internships

Companies can offer a first real experience of working in technology.

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Sources and methodology

Where the figures come from.

Our own figures (young people trained, schools, localities) come from the association’s records and are published in the impact report. Context statistics come from official sources, with the year of the latest available edition.

  1. Women among ICT specialists, Romania — the highest share in the EUEurostat · isoc_sks_itsps · 2025. View source ↗
  2. Women among ICT specialists, EU averageEurostat · isoc_sks_itsps · 2025. View source ↗
  3. NEET young people (aged 15–29), Romania — the highest rate in the EUEurostat · edat_lfse_20 · 2025. See source ↗

Portfolio 2026–2027

Projects written by young people, with us as coach.

Youth, gender & activism is part of the 2026–2027 portfolio of Asociația Grupul Verde: 43 programme lines in which young people build technology for nature, protected species, climate and democracy, with partners from Romania and the EU through Horizon Europe, LIFE, Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and CERV.

Open science and research

European Researchers’ Night + Researchers at Schools

Researchers in classrooms and an open evening where young people show their prototypes: robots, sensors, apps for nature.

Target programme: Horizon Europe · MSCA

Linked to: R&D Hub — Research & Innovation, Young Innovators Incubator

Democracy, memory and citizenship

Youth networks for democratic participation, climate and digital

A network of youth groups that consult online, vote on priorities and take proposals to the authorities, using their own digital tools.

Target programme: Erasmus+ (EACEA)

Linked to: Civic and legal education, Young Innovators Incubator

Democracy, memory and citizenship

Youth civic participation (with the Republic of Moldova)

Young people from Romania and the Republic of Moldova learn together how to write a petition, how a local council works and how to use open data.

Target programme: Black Sea Trust (German Marshall Fund)

Linked to: Civic and legal education, Citizenship & Rights

Erasmus+ and mobility

Youth exchanges, youth worker mobility and youth participation

Young people from Vrancea travel and host peers from across Europe; youth workers learn new ways of working with technology.

Target programme: Erasmus+

Linked to: Inclusion for Every Child, Funding

Erasmus+ and mobility

Youth project with the Republic of Moldova / Ukraine

Young people from three neighbouring countries build a digital tool together for a shared problem: water, energy or reliable information.

Target programme: Erasmus+ (EACEA)

Linked to: Media & Democracy, Partners & UNESCO

European Solidarity Corps

Youth solidarity projects (Asociația Grupul Verde as coach)

Young people write their own project and Asociația Grupul Verde supports them as coach: from idea to application, delivery and report.

Target programme: European Solidarity Corps

Linked to: Young Innovators Incubator, Second Chance

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