GIRL RISE is Wemiji’s annual Girls’ Empowerment, Inspiration & Opportunity Summit, an immersive platform designed to connect adolescent girls with inspiration, trusted information, mentorship, practical skills, health and wellbeing support, career exposure and opportunities.
The challenge
What stands in the way
Adolescent girls may have limited access to trusted information, role models, practical skills, health and wellbeing support, career exposure, and networks that can expand their choices.
Our response
What GIRL RISE does
An annual platform helping adolescent girls access inspiration, knowledge, mentorship, practical skills, health and wellbeing support, and connections to opportunity.
GIRL RISE takes the form of an immersive summit, held annually.
Who we serve
Who the programme is for
Adolescent girls, approximately ages 12–19, with particular attention to girls who have limited access to relevant information, networks, and opportunities.
Components
What the programme brings together
Seeing what is possible.
Knowledge girls can rely on.
Connection with role models and mentors.
Skills girls can use.
Health and wellbeing support.
Exposure to careers and opportunities.
What we aim to change
The change we are working towards
These are aims, not results. Verified results will be published on our Impact page as evidence becomes available.
- Access. Girls access trusted information and health and wellbeing support.
- Capability. Girls gain knowledge and practical skills.
- Connection. Girls connect with mentors, career exposure and opportunities.
We use monitoring, evaluation and learning to understand progress, identify what needs to improve and inform future programme decisions.
GIRL RISE works with adolescent girls. Safeguarding is a core responsibility across programme design and delivery, and participants are treated with dignity and respect.
We work to strengthen local ownership and build pathways for longer-term change, strengthening what works.
Partnership
Help GIRL RISE go further
Funders, businesses, institutions, technical partners and community organisations can support GIRL RISE through funding, expertise, mentorship, resources or programme collaboration.