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South Africa Chapter

99 members registered

11 active circle(s)

About Us

About The Chapter

Girls for Girls was born in 2017 when a group of Harvard graduate students from across the globe recognized that in every corner of the world, something is holding women back from leading in the public sphere. Inspired by each other, they decided to close the gap.

Today, the program is run in 28 countries around the world, including South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Girls for Girls launched the programme in South Africa in 2019, where 29 mentees, who signed up at the University of Johannesburg, graduated from the programme. We have since run additional programmes independently and in partnerships with organizations including the University of Johannesburg, University of Pretoria, the Thandulwazi Maths & Science Academy, Athlone Girls High School and the Trevor Huddleston Memorial Center.

Our Achievements

In 2024 we registered 358 mentees, 277 participated and 226 (82%) graduated from the programme.In the same year, 101 mentors participated in the programme. 76 (75%) graduated from the programme.

Our Target

G4G South Africa developed and adopted a 5-year Strategy in July 2021 in which we are aiming to reach 400 Mentees by 2025, with the support of 150 Mentors. To enable its delivery, we have established an operational structure that comprises 5 Committees: Mentor and Mentee recruitments; Fundraising; Communications and marketing; Training; and Monitoring and Evaluation. G4G South Africa has a robust M&E plan and system that produces Quarterly Monitoring reports and Annual Evaluation and Program reports to help us keep track of our progress against our organizational targets. We expanded our Board of Directors to ten (10) to spread responsibilities and also have greater involvement of younger women at the leadership level

Country Lead

Sheila Otieno-Osanya

Current Events

Chapter Updates

Pillar 1

Inclusive Mentorship

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Pillar 2

Insights & Inspiration

Our Chapter strove to develop of mentee Alumni beyond the G4G programme by hosting talks by various stakeholders, including public health professionals in 2023. We will continue with this intiative in 2025.

Pillar 3

Impactful Network

In the past year, our Chapter has reached out to several local non-profit organizations focused on developing young people and on women’s empowerment. We have several collaborations planned in 2025 and hope to mentor girls and young women who are already beneficiaries of the various non-profits.

Words From Our Member

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G4G has grown my capacity to be a giver of care and support in a circle of females where it is much needed. In this process I also receive love and openness from strong , confident females.