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The G(irls)20 Summit

Join the global conversation about how girls and women can help solve some of the world’s greatest challenges.

This June in Toronto, just before the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations gather there for the G20 meetings, there will be another historic event – the first-ever G(irls) 20 Summit.

Modeled after the G20, The G(irls)20 Summit will bring together one girl from each of the 20 countries from June 15 – 18 to discuss how girls and women can help solve some of the world’s greatest challenges.

The G(irls)20 is augmented by “3.3 Billion Ways to Change the World,” a viral, global campaign designed to solicit ideas that will shape the summit discussions around the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that impact girls and women. With 3.3 billion girls and women in the world, the campaign also encourages global girls to sign up and claim their number to show their support for girls and women everywhere, and then spread the message to their own networks.

3.3 Billion Ways and the G(irls)20 Summit are led by The Belinda Stronach Foundation and a coalition of organizations – including ICRW. ICRW will be a research resource for delegates to the summit and President Sarah Degnan Kambou will be a featured speaker.

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