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Global Foundation for Girls (GFG) is a Black, Queer, Woman and Youth-led intermediary working with girls of color, gender-fluid youth, and birthing persons of color. GFG focuses on funding distribution, capacity building, technical assistance, and network convening for community-based organizations, particularly those working with issues related to gender-based violence, birth justice, and maternal health equity.

History[edit]
Global Foundation for Girls was formally founded in 2020 and received an initial seed grant in 2022 from the Resist Foundation, which supports people’s movements for justice and liberation.

Approach[edit]
Through the lens of Community & Youth Power, Racial Justice, Decolonizing Wealth, and understanding the impact of colonialism, we work to support black and brown communities, advocate for health equity, and intervene in cases of social crisis.

Additionally, GFG activates future generations of youth through our Global Girls Youth Fellowship. Teen participants help in the organization’s advisory efforts, conduct community assessments, research, trend analysis, and learn about community-centric philanthropy and disparities in wealth distribution. Teens involved in the program will come from rural and under-resourced urban communities and  learn how to engage in digital and local activism to further mobilize their generation toward change.

Impact areas served are in 8 countries: Brazil, Bali/Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, South Africa,Trinidad, Uganda, and the United States. The partner countries were each selected due to specific, disproportionate and/or historical traumatic impacts against Black Girls, Birthing People and Gender Fluid Youth.

The Global Girls program is developed, run and executed by young adults under the age of 27.