We create opportunities for every young woman to build workforce skills, meet industry mentors and plan their future pathways. "If you want to change a generation you start with the girls." girledworld was launched through the University of Melbourne (Melbourne Business School) in 2016 when co-founders Madeleine Grummet and Edwina Kolomanski undertook a Master of Entrepreneurship and examined the
problem of low participation and high attrition rates of women in the current global workforce, and the critical role of entrepreneurship and STEM in the 21st century economy. Their combined research revealed a key insight: approaches to addressing digital skills, knowledge, diversity and gender deficits in the leadership, STEM, entrepreneurship and innovation domains weren’t working, and needed to be accelerated for Australia’s future economic survival. To date we’ve engaged with 40,000+ students and 200+ Australian schools and universities, leading global industries, Silicon Valley tech startups and outstanding female business mentors to give young women the real-world industry knowledge, enterprise skills and rockstar career role models they need to learn from so they can see what they can be, thrive in the future of work and step up to be the leaders of tomorrow. Our high-impact work has seen us feature in national media, win the 2019 Tech Diversity Award, 2020 University of Melbourne Leadership Award and scale to hundreds of female students enabling them to access powerful networks of industry mentors, national work experience programs, World of Work Summits, digital learning programs in STEM, leadership and future skills, and student-led Design Thinking innovation sprints with the likes of Microsoft, Atlassian, NSW Parliament and Virgin Australia. The truth is that you can’t be what you can’t see. And you don’t know what you don’t know. So we hope through our continued work connecting girls and women across geographies, cultures, careers and circumstances, that the next generation of fierce, talented and smart young women will learn, fortify, galvanise, and then step up to be the leaders, CEO’s and heroines of tomorrow. The world needs them to. Learn more at www.girledworld.com or reach out at [email protected]
23/02/2022
Incredible testament to the power of advocacy, activism and the fast rising tide of the next generation. 👊🏽❌❌
Holistic and age appropriate consent education will be implemented in Australian schools from 2023, after all education ministers unanimously committed to include it in school curriculums.
It comes exactly one year after Chanel Contos launched her education petition that sparked new conversations across Australia about consent.
The new curriculum will roll out in schools during 2023, incorporating comprehensive consent education, including an understanding of gendered stereotypes, coercion, and power imbalances.
Don’t let your mind bully your body.
Recent research shows that high social media usage can significantly contribute to body dysmorphia and negative self-image.
Be careful what you fill your eyes and mind with. 👀🧠 Life is not a competition.
Be uniquely you. 🙋🏻♀️🙋♀️🙋🏿♀️
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19/02/2022
Embrace the mess. 😊
You Are Not Your Face. 📖
Unfiltered life advice from girls in the world.
Launching for and available online and in select bookstores March 1, 2022. 💕
A mid-week reminder to be kind wherever possible. It is always possible. ▶️🙏🏼
15/02/2022
Don’t get swept up in stereotypes.
Don’t believe in gendered career binaries. ⚖️ You can be one thing or lots of things.
Your future = your choice.
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14/02/2022
"When we share, we heal, reconnect, and grow, both as individuals and as a united, strengthened collective.
History, lived experience, the whole truth, unsanitised, and unedited, is our greatest learning resource. It is what informs social and structural change." -
The voice of a generation, who will not be silenced. 👊🏽▶️
13/02/2022
A new week 🤗 and a reminder to create some time to think about your
💛What do you love?
🙌🏽What are you good at?
🌏What does the world need?
💰What can you be paid for?
07/02/2022
There are half a billion adolescent girls alive today, and all of them at some point in their lives will be affected by gender inequality.
Every single one of these girls deserves the same choices and opportunities as boys, and are entitled to the freedom, education, power and agency they rightly deserve to shape their own futures.
We support Plan International Australia] to support girls, and back their amazing ambassadors and .poole to advance the future and fight for equality for girls and young women today. ⚖️❌❌👊🏽
LEARN MORE Plan International Australia] ▶️
04/02/2022
Goal: Embrace the chaos 🤪✅
28/01/2022
Thank you so much for sharing your inspiring story, Vi Huynh! (SEE BELOW👇🏽)
At we have always believed that if you can’t see it, you can’t be it, and that by giving young women opportunities to connect with incredible , stories and knowledge opportunities, we can - in big or small ways - change their future trajectories. 🚀
Vi - You are an amazing example of that, and we can’t wait to see where you take yourself on your leadership journey.
(And - pls take a bow :)🙏🏼
“This February, I will be undertaking an epic leadership challenge, daring for change and action on a daily basis.
Back in 2018, I attended a girledworld summit where I was able to see for myself the growing possibilities of women in entrepreneurship, STEM, and other workforce opportunities.
I was excited to learn from female in leadership positions. Took a bunch of handwritten notes (see pic) soaking in the newfound knowledge. That day, my mindset changed. I saw ‘fear’ differently, igniting my desire to step out of my comfort zone - all thanks to your powerful words, Holly Ransom. Thank you!
Couldn’t be more grateful for the things you have taught me, which I still apply to this day. I am excited to join the epic challenge with a community who are hungry for change.
Never underestimate all the ways you can touch someone’s life, big or small.
Thank you for touching mine four years ago, Holly Ransom!”
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"If you want to change a generation you start with the girls."
Girledworld is changing the game for the world's girls.
We give 1000's of teenage girls access to female role models from the world's biggest companies, STEM, exponential tech and startup skillsets plus 21st Century, real-world windows to the future of work through our global careers platform.
Our industry-backed career spotlights, girledworld WOW Summits (University of Melbourne 2017 / RMIT 2018 / University of Sydney, Geelong, USA, Melbourne 2019), and global World Of Work platform (Beta launch 2019) give girls career pathways so they can unleash their potential and better shape their futures.
Our mission is to reach 1 million girls by 2020. Maybe more.
We collaborate with tech companies in Silicon Valley, corporate giants, scrappy startups and universities to ensure we're tapping research-backed, real-world learning opportunities on and offline to empower, educate and equip secondary school girls with the skills, mentors and knowledge they need to succeed. Plus we connect them to outstanding leaders and experts so they can better shape their thinking, subject choices and future career pathways in STEM, startups and new industry sectors.
2017 was a big year. We delivered the girledworld Big Ideas Leadership Summit to 500+ girls at the University of Melbourne (endorsed by (then) Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and supported by our global Diversity Partner Airbnb).
In 2018 we staged the girledworld WOW Summit at RMIT featuring global speakers and backed by MYOB and UniSuper.
In 2019 we've partnered with University of Sydney - NSW WOW Summit, Victorian State Government and City of Greater Geelong for the Geelong WOW Summit, and USA partners to take girledworld to Los Angeles in June. Plus we're delivering Future of Work Masterclasses to 1000's of teenagers in schools across Australia.
We're set to reach and teach millions of girls to be the next Gen of female leaders, entrepreneurs and STEM champions so they fuel innovation, build diversity and unleash their potential.
