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About us
We're on a mission to turn education into economic mobility for adolescent girls. Through entrepreneurial education, we equip young women (ages 14–24) with the work-readiness skills, agency, and support networks they need to own their futures, whether through employment, entrepreneurship, or higher studies.
We're a global team with members who live and work around the world. Launch Girls is a registered Section 8 company in India (with 80G and 12A certifications) and 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the U.S.
Launch Girls partners with local NGOs and government institutions (schools, colleges, community centres) to deliver high-quality, research-backed entrepreneurial education for girls. Through our Girl Boss programs, we combine a proven curriculum with facilitator training and ongoing support, ensuring girls receive learning experiences that are rigorous, relevant, and rooted in their lived realities. Our programs are adapted to local contexts while staying grounded in what evidence shows girls need to successfully transition from education to earning.
Launch Girls partners with organizations around the world that support adolescent girls and young women, including co-ed institutions.We work with two types of partners:Institutional partners: Large nonprofits, government institutions, and school systems serving 10,000+ girls (ages 14–24) from underserved communities, seeking holistic support.
Network partners: NGOs, community-based organisations, and grassroots organisations or individual schools/ colleges that need Girl Boss programming, have trained facilitators, can cover implementation costs, and are digitally equipped for virtual training.
While both girls and boys benefit from building work-readiness skills, girls often face unique barriers: less access, restricted mobility, limited freedom, and fewer role models or opportunities to explore their potential.We exist to change that. Launch Girls designs programs through a girl lens, building the confidence, skills, and support networks that young women need to navigate systems not built for their success and step into economic opportunities with agency and self-belief.Boys are welcome to participate, but our mission is clear: to meet the needs of underserved girls first, closing the gender gap in economic participation.
Program and Impact
Girl Boss is Launch Girls’ portfolio of programs that equips adolescent girls with critical skills and mindsets to transition from education to earning, whether through entrepreneurship, employment, or higher studies. All programs build work-readiness skills, agency, and support networks to help girls own their futures.
Yes. We design programs that serve girls where they are - country, rural/ urban, age-appropriate. Institutional partners co-design Girl Boss programming with us based on a needs assessment. Network partners are trained to locally contextualize the curriculum at their discretion.
Girls leave the Girl Boss program with 7 core mindsets and skills to help them transition from school to work:Confidence & Self-BeliefEffective CommunicationInformation & Digital LiteracyFinancial Literacy Collaboration & Support Networks Strategic Thinking Change ReadinessThey also complete a personal portfolio, which may include a business or career plan, budget, brand concept, and support network, along with a polished personal or business pitch.
We focus on equipping girls for success with transferrable skills and support systems developed during our programming. While we don’t place them directly, we connect them to market opportunities through partners.
Partner Operations &
Logistics
Everything needed to run the program: curriculum, training, program management tools, and impact measurement support. Visit our Partner page for a full list.
A point person to lead the program, safe meeting spaces, printing, and program delivery costs (e.g., facilitator honorarium, snacks). We recommend one facilitator for every 30 participants for NGO partners. Check out our Partner page for the complete list.
Mentor - As mentors, GBAs help girls identify their strengths and areas of growth and guide their professional and personal development.Facilitator - GBAs guide girls as they discover knowledge independently and help them learn and grow as a group. They moderate discussions, ask meaningful questions for reflection, and encourage girls to participate. With the participants, they create a safe space for everyone to speak, share their thoughts, and feel like an important part of the team. Role Model - Whether GBAs realize it or not, they inspire the girls, and they look up to them. They lead by example because they are Girl Bosses, too, and show the girls what it's like to be one. Coordinator - GBAs ensure the participation and engagement of the girls in the program and relay information with sufficient clarity about the activities and the learning objectives in each session.
Our age range indicates the ages and developmental stages where our programs are most effective. After extensive piloting and research, we discovered that our programming has greater success with older adolescent girls and young women. We strongly recommend not implementing Girl Boss for girls younger than 14 years old.Our 14–24 age range isn't arbitrary, it's backed by research and extensive piloting. This is the developmental sweet spot where our programs have the greatest, most lasting impact. After years of testing, we've learned that our programming achieves breakthrough success with older adolescent girls and young women. We strongly recommend not implementing Girl Boss for girls younger than 14, as the content and approach are designed for this specific life stage.
Yes! Many partners run Girl Boss in a mix of English and local languages, and we support translations.
For Network partners, there is no minimum enrollment. You can conduct Girl Boss programming for any number of girls. Though, we have found that 30:1 or less is an ideal participant to facilitator ratio. With Institutional partners, we begin pilots with at least 1,000 participants.
Apply to become a Launch Girls partner! Click the "Collaborate" button at the top of the website, fill out the form and begin as soon as you’re approved.
Financials
No. We are a knowledge partner and do not provide funding, but we support you with materials to reach out to donors, join pitches with you ( on a case by case basis), and help with fundraising toolkits.
Most of our programs are implemented weekly but can be customized by partners. Expenses that partners might need to account for are:Facilitator salary: time spent preparing for and implementing the programPrinting Facilitator guides and participant planners, booklets or worksheetsPosters and flyers to advertise Girl BossAny expenses tied to providing a safe space to meet weekly Optional expensesSnacksNotebooks and pensCake for graduation and graduation decorations
We don’t provide seed funding, but we connect participants to ecosystem partners for market linkages (incubators, micro-grants, mentors, etc.) and further support.
Opportunities
We post jobs and internships on LinkedIn- follow us there to be the first to know about opportunities to join our global team making an impact!
We primarily stay connected through dedicated WhatsApp groups. This is our main space for quick communication, peer support, and real-time updates. Girls, GBAs, and partners can join these groups to receive guidance from the Launch Girls team, share progress, ask questions, and learn from one another.Have a question we didn't answer? Reach out to us at info@launchgirls.org, we'd love to hear from you!
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