An exciting initiative empowering and inspiring young women to pursue leadership in diplomacy
Join our new program
Applications are now open for the Women in Strategic Policy program!
Supported by a Strategic Policy Grant from the Department of Defence, Girls Run the World is partnering with The Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre to present the Women in Strategic Policy program. Over the next two years, the program will support the publication of over 40 opinion articles and 10 policy papers - all authored by women under the age of 35.
Applications are now open for the program’s first two workshops run in September and October 2024.
Our vision for women in diplomacy
In the long-term, our vision is two-fold: we want to see more women in senior roles in the diplomatic community and more opportunities for young women to engage meaningfully with the diplomatic community.
Creating opportunities
Girls Run the World provides an opportunity like no other – a chance to spend a day in an Embassy or High Commission, experiencing a day in the life of a diplomat.
Empowering young women
The program places young women in situations where they are empowered to make, influence, or inform a decision within the Embassy, directly developing their leadership skills.
Connecting with the diplomatic community
We have worked with over 50 diplomatic missions in Canberra. Our program provides benefits for diplomatic missions by exposing them to a wider audience in the community and creating opportunities for cross-cultural mutual exchange of knowledge.
2022 Participant
“This experience did a wonderful job at breaking down the boundaries which normally exist and tend to make a career in diplomacy look so unachievable, especially to young female students.”
2022 Participant
“It is not a big, intimidating, unreachable goal to work in an embassy; it now feels possible!”
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