Based on the US initiative Take our daughters and sons to work initiative launched in 1993 Girls’Day has been organized in Europe for more than ten years. 

The EU Member State with the largest experience around Girls' Days is Germany, where the event's tenth anniversary was celebrated in 2011. In  Germany the 'Girls’Day – Future Prospects for Girls' project is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, the European Social Fund, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, the Confederation of German Employer’s Associations (BDA), the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB), the Federal Employment Agency (BA), the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), the Federation of German Industries (BDI), the German Confederation of skilled Crafts (ZDH) and the Initiative D21.

The evaluation of ten years with Girls' Days in Germany shows that

• More than 90 percent of the girls assess Girls’Day as „good“ or „very good“. 46 percent got to know professions in technology, sciences, IT and trade which they find interesting. 51 percent would like to gather specific information on these professions during an internship.
• More than 90 percent of the girls assess Girls’Day as „good“ or „very good“. 46 percent got to know professions in technology, sciences, IT and trade which they find interesting. 51 percent would like to gather specific information on these professions during an internship.
• One third of the girls polled would like to work in the ICT area.
• Almost 10 percent of the organisations have employed young women who got acquainted with the respective organisation through Girls’Day. Regarding the young age of the girls, this is a considerable proportion. More and more young women who participated in Girls’Day start their future jobs in a profession that is related to techno-logy.
• The girls get more and more active in their search for a Girls’Day place: In 2010, more than 60% found their place by themselves or with a friend, often by using the campaign’s map on the Girls’Day homepage. The number of open events is increasing, exclusive “daughters’ days” recede.
• There is an increasing sensibility for gender-specific aspects of vocational orientation in companies, organisations and schools which take part several times.
• If participating repeatedly, organisations can expect a positive influence on their organisational culture and a raised awareness for equality issues.
• Girls’Day has a positive influence on the image of technology related professions and yields realistic estimations on behalf of employment outlook, job contents, and basic conditions.

Media resonance and awards in Germany:

• Approx. 3.500 extensive reports in the print media, approx. 4.200 online articles, over 250 TV reports and more than 200 radio features are published every year. This corresponds to an equivalent media value of 11.700.000 €.

• Girls’Day – Future Prospects for Girls has been nominated for the „Politics Award 2006“ in the category „Campaigns of Societal Institutions“. In the national action plan of the UNESCO Girls’Day is distinguished as an official procedure of the United Nations Decade “Education for Sustainable Development” (2005-2014).

In 2010 ITU has adopted a resolution to create an international ‘Girls in ICT Day’ on the fourth Thursday of every April, to promote technology as an exciting career choice for girls and women in both the developed and developing worlds.

26 April 2012 ITU organized the Tech Needs Girls' Day event in New York where Vice President Neelie Kroes, Commissioner of the Digital Agenda was participating (full program)

To find out more about this event: Closing the tech gender gap – top-level panel debate in NYC

ITU's Tech Needs Girls' Campaign video

In 2013 the first half of the ITU day on the 25th of Europe will focus on Girls' Day's events all around Europe with a series of events in Brussels.

In 2013 the key event will be hosted by Vice President Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda culminating in the European Parliamentary Hearing on Women in ICT on the 25th of April  2013, 15:00-17:30.

Check out: The full program of Girls' Day 2013 - 25 April

The National Point of Contacts of the ECWT are hosting and coordinating Girls' Day events in Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain.

Other countries with Girls’ Day events: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Kosovo, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg