WE are elated that Rotary International President Jennifer Jones and President Elect Gordan McInally have committed to continuing the grassroots initiative of Empowering Girls. As immediate Past RI President Shekhar Mehta said in our plenary session at the 2022 Rotary International Convention, the Empowering Girls initiative has taken off and connected with more people than any other initiative in one year’s time. Zone 33/34 RI Director Jeremy Hurst is not only excited by the energy surrounding this initiative, he is also committed to identifying more Club projects that are scalable and replicable to facilitate more action to empower girls.
As the Zone 33/34 Committee, we are humbled by the outpouring of club projects that have served communities for years to improve the lives of our girls. It is important to us both that we emphasize that this is a club level initiative. This is not a “must do” initiative, but more so, a “what are we doing” or “what can we do” initiative, particularly if you, as a district leader, identify needs in your community to empower girls.
Our goal is to continue increasing awareness of opportunities to Empower Girls through discussion. We also want to increase the success stories, as showcased in our webinar series in 2021-22, which demonstrate the work to elevate awareness, Rotary’s history of empowering girls and club projects that are happening in our Zones.
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What is a District Advocate?
To learn more about District Advocate Roles, we encourage you to click here. These Rotary and Rotaract District Advocates will be provided with information and resources to facilitate and promote appropriate Empowering Girls Rotary and Rotaract club-level initiatives by supporting member involvement and service activities in communities.
To see the District Advocate Training Presentation click here.
Read about the Gender Gap Study here.
Zone 33 Empowering Girls Ambassador Dawn Rochelle, PDG District 7730
Zone 34 Empowering Girls Ambassador Tina Fischlin, PDG District 6910
“We are going to shine a light on projects that put Rotary service on display to the world, and we are going to do it strategically.”
Quarterly Office Hours
Register here for the next Office Hours to hear and share Empowering Girls Information:
Past Events
Our last Office Hours meeting (Vimeo): Empower Girls Now Office Hours Meeting
Our webinar from the Zone 33/34 Impact Summit in Baltimore (Vimeo). Empowering Girls