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The Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls commits $25 million to fund organizations creating pathways to prosperity for women and girls. This is an open call for applications, and selected charitable initiatives will receive up to $2 million, as well as opportunities for mentorship and additional support from Google.
Meet the organizations
We are delighted to announce the selected projects for the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls. Each of these organizations received funding between $300,000 and $1 million, as well as opportunities for mentorship and support from Google.
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Kenya
RefuSHE
Bridging the employment gap for young urban refugee women with digital skills.
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South Korea
The Bridge International
Bridging the employment gap for North Korean female defectors.
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Canada
Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society
Removing barriers to employment by training employers and Indigenous women on gender-based violence prevention.
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India
Pratham Education Foundation
Upskilling rural, unemployed young women in a range of industries, with a focus on vocations historically dominated by men.
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Mexico
International Youth Foundation
Providing technical and life skills training to young women to increase representation in the IT industry.
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Nigeria
ImpactHER Foundation
Supporting women entrepreneurs without internet access to bring their businesses online.
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Germany
Founderland
Accelerating the success of women of color founders across Europe and the UK through education, equitable access to capital, and next-generation internship programming.
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Australia
Generation Australia
Training, supporting and connecting women with careers in technology.
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U.S.
Montana Technology Enterprise Center
Curating online and culturally relevant entrepreneurship and business courses for Native women.
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U.S.
Girls Inc. of New York City
Building a financial budgeting app for girls of color from low-income households.
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Kenya
Buildher
Breaking gender norms by providing community development, work readiness, life skills, vocational skills and job support for women to secure employment in construction.
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U.S.
Eva Longoria Foundation
Catalyzing Latina girls through skills-building, internships, and mentors.
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Jordan
I Dare for Sustainable Development
Providing a safe hub for women to gain technical skills in the creative industry.
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South Africa
The Q Networq
Coaching queer womxn entreprenurs to break down barriers in entreperneurial funding.
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India
SwaTaleem Foundation
Empowering historically underrepresented girls by disseminating education through interactive voice response system technology.
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Nigeria
Women’s World Banking, Inc.
Empowering low-income and unbanked women to effectively use digital financial services.
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Japan
Waffle
Increasing the pipeline for women college students in computer science.
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U.S.
TransTech Social
Helping LGBTQ women to gain skills, mentorship, and opportunities to achieve personal and professional goals.
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Indonesia
The Asia Foundation
Empowering women to participate in community forest management and to develop prosperous livelihoods as stewards of Indonesia’s forest resources.
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South Africa
Dream Factory Foundation
Connecting women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises to digital e-commerce channels.
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Brazil
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Including more Black and transgender women in Brazil’s tech sector.
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Germany
socialbee
Training and connecting female refugees and migrants to jobs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Spain
Asociación Factoría F5
Empowering vulnerable women to become full stack web developers.
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Australia
First Australians Capital
Advancing economic security of First Nations women through capital and skills-building.
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France
Force Femmes
Offering personalized training and employment support for unemployed women over 45 years of age.
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Kenya
The Action Foundation
Expanding opportunities for girls with disabilities through STEM bootcamps and mentorship.
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U.S.
Black Girls CODE
Closing the opportunity gap for Black women and girls by establishing equal representation in the tech sector through computer programming and technology.
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France
Social Builder
Closing the gender gap in technology through customizable online skills training content for low-income women and girls.
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Colombia
Asociación Colnodo
Connecting rural women entrepreneurs to the internet and each other through cohort programing and mentorship.
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Rwanda
Project Akilah
Empowering women through opportunities in the formal economy.
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U.S.
Start Small Think Big
Scaling equitable access to the skills, networks, and markets that under-resourced women-owned small businesses need.
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Argentina
Incluyeme.com
Connecting women with disabilities in Latin America with skills training and employment opportunities.
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Japan
Nobel
Creating a community parenting and child-care platform to tackle the barriers preventing mothers from returning to work.
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India
Collective Good Foundation
Providing interest-free “returnable” grants to women solo entrepreneurs who do not have access to traditional finance products.
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About the challenge
Gender inequity is one of the most urgent challenges we face as a society, and COVID-19 has put the economic future of women and girls at even greater risk. At Google.org, we believe that solving big problems requires collective action, and the people closest to the challenges are often those closest to the solution.
We want to support organizations helping women and girls turn their economic potential into power: from programs addressing systemic barriers to economic equality, to those cultivating entrepreneurship, developing financial independence, and more.
Meet our partners
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Vital Voices
Vital Voices Global Partnership invests in women leaders who are solving the world’s greatest challenges – from gender-based violence to the climate crisis, economic inequities, and more. They are “venture catalysts,” identifying those with a daring vision for change and partnering with them to make that vision a reality. Vital Voices scales and accelerates impact through long term investments to expand skills, connections, capacity and visibility. Over the last 23 years, they have built a network of 18,000 change makers across 182 countries who are collectively daring to reimagine a more equitable world for all.
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Project Everyone
Project Everyone creates campaigns and supports partners to raise awareness, inspire action and drive accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), because they believe the SDGs are the best roadmap toward a better future for people and the planet. They have a motto, “In order to make things happen, you have to make things.” So they “make” content, programs and events — telling stories that help multiple sectors engage with the Goals. They believe that by accelerating Goal 5, Gender Equality, which aims to bring full and equal rights for women in every country, we will in turn elevate the progress of all 17 Goals.
Meet the experts
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Amanda Gorman
First US National Youth Poet Laureate
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Naomi Osaka
Athlete and Activist
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Phumzile
Mlambo-NgcukaExecutive Director, UN Women
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Dr. Rigoberta
Menchú TumNobel Peace Prize
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Shakira
Global Artist and Philanthropist
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Graça Machel
Founder, Graça Machel Trust
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Jacquelline Fuller
VP and President, Google.org
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Lorraine Twohill
Chief Marketing Officer, Google
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Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General of CERN
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Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Susan Wojcicki
CEO, YouTube
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Prajakta Koli
YouTuber & actor
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Graça Fonseca
Minister of Culture for Portugal
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Melonie Parker
Chief Diversity Officer, Google
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Ai-jen Poo
Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations
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Jazz Jennings
LGBTQ+ Activist and Author
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Hon. Rona Ambrose
Deputy Chairwoman, TD Securities
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Her Excellency, (DR) Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire
Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Sustainable Development Goals
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Amika George
Student, activist and founder of Free Periods
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Alyse Nelson
President and CEO of VItal Voices Global Partnership
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Kate Garvey
Co-founder, Project Everyone
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Julia Kata
Senior Executive Operations Manager and Board Member of Trans-Fuzja Foundation
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Lisa Mensah
President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
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Carolyn Tastad
Group President – North America & Executive Sponsor Gender Equality, P&G
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Juliana Rotich
VP Strategic Partnerships, Boya Ltd Co-Founder, Ushahidi, BRCK
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Saskia Niño de Rivera
Co-founder and spokesperson of Reinserta A.C
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Natalia Vodianova
Supermodel, Philanthropist, Impact investor and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
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Tais Araujo
Actress, TV host and champion of Black women's rights for UN Women Brazil
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Laura Berry
Chief Executive Officer, Supply Nation