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.
OUR PROGRAMS
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RISE ON BOARDS
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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GLOBAL SUMMIT
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 changemakers in advocating for social justice at local and global levels.
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ADVOCACY
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.
SINCE 2010, WE’VE HAD A BIG IMPACT.
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.
Support young leaders in making a big impact on our world.
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