GEMs – ONGB

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 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:

0 %

of Fortune 500
CEOs are women

0 %

of venture capital dollars
go to women startups and
less than 1% of total funding
goes to women of color

0 %

of women are general
partners in Venture
Capitalist firms

0 %

of charitable dollars
go to women and
girls globally.

0 %

of Fortune 500 board
seats are held by
women of color

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.