Empower 50,000 Girls (Empower 50K) is the boldest promise of the She Inspires Group as it steps into its second decade — a promise born from lived experience, shaped by courage, and fuelled by the belief that every girl deserves to step into the world well-armed with knowledge, confidence, and hope. For years, through the She Inspires Awards and countless conversations with women across sectors and continents, one truth continued to surface: so many of the wounds women carry began long before they became women. They began in childhood, in silence, in the absence of language for boundaries, for money, for their own worth.
Empower 50K was created to break that cycle. Announced during the tenth anniversary of She Inspires, it stands as a generational pledge to reach 50,000 girls both locally and globally — from classrooms in Bolton to communities across the world — not as a statistic, but as 50,000 chances to reshape tomorrow. At its heart are three intertwined pillars: Health, Wealth, and Worth. Understanding their bodies and wellbeing. Learning to speak the language of money with confidence instead of fear. Standing tall in the knowledge that their voice matters, their decisions matter, and they themselves matter.
As Gulnaz Brennan reflects, “This mission isn’t mine alone; it belongs to every woman who once wished she’d been taught a little earlier, and every girl who deserves to learn a little sooner. If we can help even one girl stand stronger, then the work is already worth it.”
The programme unfolds through school workshops, community sessions, digital storytelling, financial literacy initiatives, and partnerships that cross borders and cultures. In every space, one intention remains unwavering: to give girls the tools many women never received early enough. The Awards Gala, the RISE Conference, Empower 50K Afternoon Tea, and global partner festivals act as the engines behind this vision — raising funds, raising awareness, and raising the collective ambition for what is possible when a community chooses to lift the next generation.
Empower 50K is distinctive because it does not stand alone; it sits at the heart of everything She Inspires does. It turns celebration into responsibility, recognition into action, and stories into catalysts. It asks us to imagine a world where girls grow into women who understand their health, own their wealth, and never doubt their worth.
This is not just a mission.
It is 50,000 futures waiting to be strengthened, 50,000 wings waiting to open.
Because when a girl rises with knowledge, confidence, and possibility — she does not rise alone. The world rises with her.
