Building a more equitable future,
one young leader at a time.
We deliver programs and opportunities that prepare the next generation of leaders to amplify their voices in decision-making spaces.
Since 2009, Fora (formerly G(irls)20), has been investing in young changemakers experiencing gender-based discrimination, and creating more inclusive and equitable decision-making spaces. Through renowned leadership, advocacy, and community-building programs, we help young trailblazers gain new skills, confidence, supportive networks, and opportunities to build gender equity movements, advance in their career trajectories and change the status quo.
These young leaders aren’t waiting on the sidelines for their moment to make their impact on the world — they are already making change. We’re here to help them do it.
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Fora's Rise on Boards program is building more equitable and inclusive boardrooms across Canada. By training and placing emerging leaders from diverse backgrounds at the board table for the first time, Rise on Boards is reimagining decision-making spaces.
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As Fora's flagship program, the Global Summit brings together accomplished leaders from around the world to level-up their leadership, community-building, policy engagement, and advocacy skills. Through this program, we support young change-makers in advocating for social justice at local and global levels.
With generous support from Virgin Unite, we’ve recently launched the Global Leadership Impact Fund– a micro granting program for Global Summit Alumni to scale up and further invest in their social impact initiatives.
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We want to ensure all spaces of power feel incomplete without young women and everyone marginalized by their gender, in the room. Through research, workshops, and connecting young leaders with opportunities to make their voices heard, Fora addresses the root causes of gender inequity and reimagines who leadership is for.
Our Programs
Our programs help young women and gender-marginalized youth advance their career and leadership trajectories.
Free Resources
We offer a variety of tools and guides that help develop your boardroom’s capacity, support your leadership journey at every stage, and offer practical steps to engage young professionals.
Empathy is the new competitive edge–
become an inclusive leader in 2025!
Learn to navigate and address
microaggressions in your boardroom.
A comprehensive guide to taking a
balanced approach to leadership.
Since 2010, we’ve had a big impact.
Get Involved
As part of the Fora community, there are so many different ways to get involved.
Read Our Work
With support from various members our impact-driven community, we’ve produced some powerful reports and other resources.
“A young feminist economy ultimately places young leaders facing discrimination on the basis of their gender not as an appendix or footnote, but the
heart of its analysis and policy planning.”
“The first step towards hacking the system and providing young leaders an equitable chance at
social and economic prosperity is to question the injustice faced by young women and everyone
else marginalized by their gender.”
“Our recommendations focus on critical
environmental, social, and economic themes,
including climate justice, youth engagement in policymaking, and reforming debt architecture.”
OUR RECENT EVOLUTION
In recent years, we have seen a seismic shift in calls for justice around the world, with our community rightly demanding more from the gender equity movement. In 2020, our program participants, partners, staff, board, and broader community helped inform our new strategy: one that’s participant-informed and uses an intersectional lens that especially centers the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and racialized community members, the diversity of genders, and the lived experiences of youth around the world.
What emerged was a natural shift in the presentation of our organization, and G(irls)20 evolved to Fora.
Fora is the plural of forum and is defined as a meeting place of ideas. This is the space we try to create as we continue to work with young leaders and established institutions to advocate for gender equity.
