A VIRTUAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE
GENZ GIRL CON
JULY 11TH- 12TH, 2020
aboutus
GenZ Girl Con 2020 is a virtual girl empowerment conference formed by GenZ Writes, in partnership with other youth-run organizations. GenZ Writes is a global, student-run online media platform amplifying marginalized youth voices from across the world. With a team of 40+ students in over 6 countries, GZW has extended their impact worldwide- sharing stories written by students, for students, and amassing thousands of website views.
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Our conference will feature student panelists, as well as women executives, from across the globe.
the sessions
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
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This session will feature young women that are high school students who run their own company or organization and have advice/ expertise they want to share in the field of entrepreneurship and business
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This session is for students talking about how they started their organization and what steps they took to grow their organization.
WOMEN IN MEDICINE/ RESEARCH
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This session will feature young women that are high school students who are actively engaging themselves in the field of medicine and research.
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Examples of this include developing critical research for certain medical disorders, working to cure a certain disease, educating students on a career in medicine, etc.
WOMEN IN HUMANITIES
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This session will feature young women that are high school students who are making strides in humanities and helping people across the world receive basic human needs.
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This includes working towards ending homelessness, hunger, poverty, lack of water, etc.
Women in education
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This session will feature young women that are high school students who are advocates in the field of education.
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This can include making education accessible to all students, ensuring a quality education, helping low-income students receive a quality education, giving resources to economically disadvantaged students, etc.
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This would also include educating/tutoring students about subjects (ex. making curriculum about financial literacy and distributing it to students)
WOMEN IN STEM
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This session will feature young women that are high school students who are advocates in the field of STEM
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This includes closing the gender gap in STEM, making stem accessible to students of different socioeconomic backgrounds, etc.
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Ex. presenting an organization that conducts STEM workshops for girls
WOMEN IN POLITICS/ ACTIVISM
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This session will feature young women that are high school students who are actively engaging themselves in the field of politics and law.
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This can include being congressional interns, working with congressional officials, working on campaigns, interning at a law firm, etc. There are several possibilities that fit into this category.
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This session will also feature young women that are high school students who have experience in the field of activism.
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This can include protests, marches, advocating for reform about pressing issues such as gender equality and women’s rights, etc.
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STUDENT SPEAKERS
6
SESSIONS
4
COUNTRIES
2020 schedule
