Women in Aviation International\u2019s 6th Annual Girls in\nAviation Day (GIAD) was celebrated virtually September 26, 2020, with the\nlaunch of the exciting new Aviation for Girls App, sponsored by the U.S. Air\nForce. Within the first week, this free, year-round experience for girls ages\n8-17 has already connected thousands of participants in 55 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur goal in\ndelivering a virtual experience for this year\u2019s Girls in Aviation Day was to\nextend our reach and inspire girls-no matter where they live or learn,\u201d says\nWAI CEO Allison McKay. \u201cLast year, our in-person events reached girls in 18\ncountries. This year, the app has already tripled our reach and connected with\ngirls all around the world providing them with access to hours of inspiring\ncontent to expand their knowledge about all the opportunities in aviation and\naerospace.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The thousands of participants in 55 countries include\nArgentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,\nCanada, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,\nEcuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Guam, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy,\nJamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama,\nPeru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South\nAfrica, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Syria, Tunisia, United\nArab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan,\nVenezuela, and Zambia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While merchandise kits are sold out, WAI encourages\nparticipants to enroll by October 31, 2020, and access these digital resources\nthrough the AFG App. Social media challenges and prizes will continue this\nmonth, and the winners of the seven contests will be announced by November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Available to all interested in aviation\/aerospace and STEM,\nthe AFG App is the tool WAI is utilizing to deliver valuable content and\nresources including career videos, virtual museum tours, scholarship\ninformation, hands-on activities, book readings in multiple languages, as well\nas digital issues of Aviation for Girls magazine. And despite the name, girls\nand boys are both welcome to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Aviation for Girls App<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Launched on September 26, 2020, the AFG App is available\nyear-round. Visit the App Store or Google Play and search for WAI Events, or,\nfor other devices, including Blackberry and Windows, point your mobile browser\nto: www.core-apps.com\/dl\/wai<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n GIAD attendees qualify to receive a complimentary 6-month\ndigital WAI membership and can apply for WAI 2021 scholarships, receive monthly\nWAI Connect eNewsletters, and the digital version of Aviation for Women\nmagazine. Enroll today using the promo code GIAD20 by December 31, 2020, and\nsign-up here. www.WAI.org\/join\/GIAD.cfm<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Women in Aviation International\u2019s 6th Annual Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) was celebrated virtually September 26, 2020, with the launch of the exciting new Aviation for Girls App, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force. Within the first week, this free, year-round experience for girls ages 8-17 has already connected thousands of participants in 55 countries. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16581,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580\/revisions\/16581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}