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We’re always exploring new topics, asking questions, and looking for new ways to learn.

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Our programming – in partnership with schools and at our centers through 81 local organizations – focuses on the development of the whole girl.

August 26, 2020

Meet Nichanun, our Girls Inc. Public Policy Intern and rising junior at the University of Pennsylvania. Here, Nichanun has penned a letter of support and encouragement…

August 25, 2020

She Votes is an educational, nonpartisan Girls Inc. initiative that supports girls of all ages to gain the skills and confidence to be future voters,…

August 17, 2020

On August 3-5, members of the Girls Inc. Teen Advocacy Council (TAC) came together to participate in our virtual “fly-in” where they focused on building…

June 16, 2020

Girls from affiliates across the Girls Inc. Network have mobilized in support of the Black community in recent weeks. From organizing panels and public conversations…

June 12, 2020

The ongoing and disparate impacts of racism and systemic oppression demand our attention. At Girls Inc., we acknowledge the burden of these realities on the…

March 25, 2020

Youth programs expand opportunities and change lives While classroom learning provides students the knowledge necessary to prepare for work and financial independence, out-of-school time youth…

February 10, 2020

It’s not long after the holiday decorations have been put away and New Years resolutions committed that we experience a flood of pink and red,…

January 29, 2020

Girls are innately powerful. In recent years many examples of impressive girls and young women—Greta Thunberg, Emma Gonzalez, Jazz Jennings, Yara Shahidi, Malala Yousafzai, and…

January 23, 2020

The Girls Inc. Experience Leads to Success From the very beginning, Girls Inc. has had a singular focus: to equip girls and young women to…