The Impact of COVID-19 on GEMGirls
GEM recently checked in with our mentees to determine how the pandemic has had an impact on their daily lives, and their concerns for the future. Our goal was to understand the health and wellness of GEM mentees both now and in the future, and how they think GEM can best adapt to this […]
Connect, Empower and Inspire Early to Overcome Gender Barriers: How Mentorship of High School Girls Supports #BalanceForBetter
Today is International Women’s Day: a day to celebrate women’s progress and accomplishments while also acknowledging that gender inequality still exists. This year’s theme, #BalanceForBetter, is focused on changing the way we see gender represented in our communities, on our televisions, in our boardrooms, in our classrooms and in our world as a whole. I […]
An Important Message on COVID-19
Dear GEM Community, GEM was founded on the simple premise that by connecting girls to women for mentorship, these relationships can create lasting social and economic impact. Since 2012, GEM has achieved exactly that, nurturing hundreds of relationships resulting in transformational change for many GEMgirls. The outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic has been particularly […]