"What we lack are role models who let us dream and show us what is possible as a woman. I was lucky enough to have an older sister, and one of her friends was doing an internship in New York. I was 9 then - living in a village in Morocco. But from that moment on, I knew that's what I wanted to do. And I did it." Hajar, now 34, lawyer

How can we empower girls to create self-confidence, dare dreaming and finally follow their dreams? Girls Gearing Up Leadership Academy is equipping the next generation of female leaders with confidence, tools and an international network.

In 2021 Andrea Bury, Founder of the ABURY Foundation, was so inspired by her mentoring session with the girls at the Girls Gearing Up Summer Academy, that they decided to collaborate. One of their goals is to offer two scholarships to girls from Morocco for the Summer Academy Program 2022 in Berlin.

In this unique talk with Tina Limbird and Courtney Adams (Founders of Girls Gearing Up) as well as Jacqueline Kammyani (17 years old) und Amina Chunga (15 years old) from Malawi, in southeastern Africa, you will

a) be amazed how one week of Girls Leadership Academy with Girls Gearing Up changed their lives.

b) be inspired how energetic, positive, creative and self-confident they talk about their dreams and visions (in their first official speaking engagement!).

c) learn how you (as a teenage girl or mother of a teenage girl) can be involved and how GGU and the ABURY Foundation want to bring two teenage girls from Morocco to Berlin for the Summer Academy in 22.

d) be able to ask the questions you always wanted to ask a self-confident teenage girl :).

We are looking forward to seeing you on the 2nd of March to an inspirational, intercultural exchange. The talk will be in English.

About ABURY Foundation

The ABURY Foundation aims to empower and support women (especially in emerging and developing countries) to become financially independent. Because women in business are the future - the financial inclusion and support of women to entrepreneurship can create jobs, reduce migration, improve living situations of societies.

About Girls Gearing Up

Girls Gearing Up International Leadership Academy, e.V. is dedicated to inspiring, empowering and connecting the next generation of global-thinking female trailblazers. GGU offers a holistic program that brings girls from all cultures and countries together and enables them to discover and realize their own potential. Through our summer academy, mentoring, and year-round mentoring, an international network of girls is created who are empowered to make positive economic, social, and political contributions to their communities, and whose collective actions will lead to a more equitable society.