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GIRLS EQUITY MOVEMENT

Empowering the Next Generation of Women Leaders Join the Movement; Be The Change

The Girls Equity Movement's mission is to ignite transformative change by empowering young women with the essential networking, training, and leadership abilities required to make a lasting impact on the world. We strive to foster an environment where our participants can thrive, grow, and confidently pave the way for a brighter future for all.

THE PROBLEM

THE NECESSITY OF

EMPOWERING GIRLS

Women represent 50.8% of the US population. However, statistics

reflect that women are seldom positioned as leaders in corporate and political professions:

6.6%

0.0%

of Fortune 500

CEOs are women

2.8%

0.0%

of venture capital dollars

go to women startups and

less than 1% of total funding

goes to women of color

9%

0.0%

of women are general

partners in Venture

Capitalist firms

7%

0.0%

of charitable dollars

go to women and

girls globally

4.6%

0.0%

of Fortune 500 board

seats are held by

women of color

23.7%

0.0%

hold positions

in US Congress

BUILDING SAFETY FOR GIRLS – A CDC FINDING

In the beginning of 2023, the CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
published information collected in 2021, showing that adolescent girls faced the highest recorded levels of adverse experiences in the survey’s history. More alarmingly, the CDC YRBS also discovered that nearly 60% (or 3 out of 5) of teenage girls encountered ongoing sorrow, a rate that is double that of their male counterparts. Even more concerning, one third of young females have seriously considered engaging in significant self-harm.

Educational and communal resources can play a critical

role in addressing these issues. The CDC recommends three key

strategies to improve youth health and well-being:

Boost school connectedness through fostering a sense of belonging, support, and care for all students. Promote mentorship, clubs, and community outreach.

Increase access to health services, including mental health and substance use prevention services, through on-site facilities or connections to community-based care.

Implement high-quality health education that is medically accurate, age-appropriate, culturally and LGBTQ+ inclusive, and science-based to help prevent violence and lessen mental health issues by providing essential knowledge and skills to teens.

The time is now to respond to the crisis that girls are in – it’s not too late, but we must start now.

THE SOLUTION

THE GEMS IMPACT

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Be the Change. Take Action.

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