The Future Female Leaders Program is the career kick starter for our future change makers and dream chasers, bringing together education and industry to change the game for our future female visionaries in WA. The Future Female Leaders Program is the career kick starter for our future change makers and dream chasers, bringing together education and industry to change the game for our future female
visionaries in Western Australia. There is a general awareness of the imbalance of females in leadership throughout Australia, but the actual statistics are truly alarming - females represented 28.1% of directors, 18.3% of CEOs and 14.6% of board chairs in Australia in 2019-20 according to Australian Government data. It's time to start empowering our future female leaders to shift these statistics and gain better diversity in the workplace - especially in male dominated industries. Our 6 month program enables and empowers female Year 11 high school students, our female leaders of tomorrow, by equipping them NOW with the skills, experiences and conversations they need to succeed in a complex, uncertain and ambiguous world. Be the game changers. Be the dreamers AND the doers. Putting the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the heart and centre of the program is one of its key points of difference. Each participant selects a UN Sustainable Development Goal that they are the most passionate about and create and build a social impact project tackling that goal. With the support of their mentor’s guidance and armed with the invaluable skills they learn throughout the program they bring their social impact project to life. Our pilot year in 2021 saw social projects tackle significant global issues including; climate change, youth homelessness, mental health issues stemming from negative body image, equality around education opportunities and more. To find out more and you can get involved, head to https://www.engagingeducation.com.au/future-female-leaders/
