The next Boys’Day
will be on Thursday,
3rd April 2025!

Project information

Boys’Day – Future Prospects for Boys: for more diversity and equal opportunities
Boys’Day – Future Prospects for Boys is a nationwide career-orientation project for boys. On Boys’Day, male students
aged 10 years and older learn about professions and subjects of study with a proportion of less than 40 % being men.

Project goal. Expanding the range of career options and male role models is the main project goal.
Many male students choose their professions depending on gender, influenced by social role models.
Boys’Day helps to find the best suitable profession without clichés, but complying with their interestsand skills. Boys’Day is a low-threshold project which gives the participants an idea of professional
practice.

Cooperation partners are companies, schools, colleges, job agencies, unions and organizationsin health and nursing care, education, social work, youth and (gender) equality, as well as facilities fromthe service and crafts sectors.

Participation on Boys’Day takes place by practical vocational experiences. Furthermore

communicative, digital and social key competences, that are important for entering a profession, aregiven in workshops regarding male role models.

Project success is documented through statistically measurable effects which can be foundoverleaf. Since 2011, when Boys’Day first started, the nationwide participation has risen steadily. Until
today, 73,000 events with about 420,000 participative actions prove the prosperous overall balance.
The nationwide coordinating body is the organizer of Boys’Day. It provides a large

collection of information and material for all target groups. These are organizations, students,specialists in youth work and hundreds of networking partners. The Boys’Day Radar is also one of theservices offered by the nationwide coordinating body, which is used every year to match students withthe participating companies and institutions.

International Boys’Day. The project also takes place in Austria and Switzerland. Similar
campaigns exist in parts of Belgium in the Wallonia-Brussels region, in France or as the Euroregional
Boys’Day in the border triangle of Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. The nationwide
coordinating body is also involved in an advisory capacity in international projects to promote Boys’Dayin other countries.
Diversity. Young people who do not see themselves as boys or girls can of course take part inBoys’Day and decide on an individual programme. Trans* boys are also very welcome to take part inBoys’Day.

All relevant information about Boys’Day onboys-day.de

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Results of scientific evaluation
The nationwide Boys’Day draws maximum attention to gender-sensitive career orientation once a year.
That has a lasting effect. Results of scientific evaluation prove a positive development:

94 %

64 %

Boys who took part in a one-day
workplacement assess it “good” or“very good”.

The majority of participating boys shows
motivation in the experienced work fields.
Many of them later apply for an internship.

85 %

17 %

During the events participating facilities
recognize huge interest and commitment ofboys.

Every fourth company or institution thatparticipates in Boys’Day more than ones
employs former participants.

interesting careers

positive ratings

facilities confirm motivation

very good future prospects37 %80 %satisfied facilities

a day with prospects

Companies and institutions are alreadyrecognising the interest of boys ininternships, apprenticeships and university
places on Boys’Day.

Social facilities, companies and institutions
are satisfied or very satisfied with theannual day of action.

Further figures on Boys’Day: boys-day.de
zukunftsberuf-pfleger.delinkedin.com/showcase/boysday-jungen-zukunftstag

zukunftsberuf-erzieher.de

youtube.com/user/BoysDayVideos

zukunftsberuf-grundschullehrer.de

instagram.com/Der_BoysDay

Any questions?
Nationwide coordinating body Boys’Day – Future Prospects for BoysCompetence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Chances
Tabea Schroer | Project manager
Phone: 0521.106-7360 | info@boys-day.de | boys-day.de
co-operAtion pArtnerS

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