Advocacy & Education
Join us and help create the world our girls deserve.
Stand up for issues that matter most to girls.
We carry our work with girls into powerful advocacy to improve opportunities that contribute to their success and help them lead healthy, educated, and independent lives.
Advocacy Resources
National Policy and Advocacy Platform
We support policies and practices that help open doors to opportunities for girls. Our work focuses on ensuring all the girls have the resources they need to succeed.
access to education
- Reform school discipline policies and practices.
- Increase access to postsecondary education.
- Improve access for girls and other underrepresented groups to meaningful opportunities to pursue all career paths, including in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
- Increase funding for out-of-school learning and mentoring opportunities
BEXAR COUNTY RESOURCES
Future Ready Bexar County
By 2030, we will increase postsecondary enrollment of Bexar County High School graduates in a degree or credential program to 70%. Girls Inc. of San Antonio is a proud community partner in the plan.
Civic engagement
- High quality civic education in schools, for grades K-12.
- Policies that make it easier for people to register to vote.
- Practices to ensure all citizens can cast their ballots.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, SAFETY AND DATING VIOLENCE
- Increase access to sex education and reproductive health care
- Ensure girls have access to menstrual products and menstrual health education
- Combat sexual harassment and violence
MENTAL HEALTH and wellness
- Increase access to mental health and wellness support for students in their communities.
- Ensuring girls can get the treatment and support they need without stigma or shame.
GIRL-LED ADVOCACY
Nothing is more Powerful than when girls speak up for themselves. Girls Inc. of San Antonio is committed to stand beside girls in amplifying pro-girl issues, guided by their leadership and giving girls a formal voice in shaping their community.
