Today we are sharing an update to our Equity Action Plan to highlight the ways in which we have progressed towards our goals of enhancing equity and inclusion within our organization.

The landscape of employability and work has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, there has been a surge of young women seizing entrepreneurial opportunities, in order to gain and foster economic mobility in their lives.

Over the past two years we have seen a seismic shift across the world, and we have heard calls from our community, rightly demanding more from the gender equality movement. And with this, G(irls)20 has evolved.

August 9 is recognized by the United Nations as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

With the launch of our strategic plan, the rebrand underway, and a new program to announce shortly, it’s been a busy first half of the year at G(irls)20! Today, I wanted to share some news with you about our Global Summit.

Before the pandemic, 95% of employed young women* in Canada were working in the services sector. Young women were the first to be sent home, and the last to return to work as things begin to reopen.

We’re launching Next Level — G(irls)20’s response to this urgent disruption caused by COVID-19. Through this pilot program, we will provide young women and non-binary youth from the retail and hospitality sectors in Canada with leadership and social entrepreneurship training along with supportive coaching to navigate the changing economy on their own terms.

At G(irls)20, we’re often running applications for programs or helping out our friends with job applications. We hear the same thing often: It can be tough speaking about yourself and tying your informal and formal experiences. Worse, the impacts of COVID-19 have bled into networking and coffee chats— making it even more difficult to learn the art of selling yourself. But this is a skill that you can master if you ask yourself the right questions.