
Celebrate 16 years of impact and
build a better future for girls
Our Sweet Sixteen is a cocktail-party-style gala that is building the resources and network for girls worldwide to be educated,
respected, and heard.
We’re celebrating our progress and the powerful new merger of She’s the First and Girl Rising—innovators in the global movement for girls’education and rights since 2010.
Through powerful storytelling and entertainment, the evening will spark hope, inspire action, and celebrate what’s possible when we join forces.

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Our events blend creative storytelling with powerful performances and a call to action—celebrating what’s possible when we join forces.
Our Sweet Sixteen is a cocktail-party-style gala that is building the resources and network for girls
worldwide to be educated, respected, and heard.
We’re celebrating our progress and the powerful new merger of She’s the First and Girl Rising—innovators in the global movement for girls’
education and rights since 2010.

Sweet Sixteen
Host Committee
Gwen M. Greene, Committee Chair
Dana Bober
Arianna De Lorenzi
Divya Mani
Natalya Muravchik
Mary Murigi
Harish Nataraj
Ezinne Okoro
Meg Porfido
Lisa Sepulveda
Your support funds our programmes in India, Kenya, Guatemala, and the US, working with schools, families, and communities to challenge the harmful norms holding girls back. When girls have choices, we all prosper. Over the next three years we can reach...
19,500
educators, parents, and caretakers
550,000
girls through in-person programmes
7.5 M
youth through digital programmes























