Girl Up is a United Nations affiliated intersectional women’s empowerment community group based in Brisbane - hosting social, fundraising and advocacy events!
We believe in our mission to provide inclusive, accessible opportunities for grassroots collective action championing women's rights and liberties.
In 2024 so far, our community has raised almost $900 for the Mater Chicks in Pink Foundation, which will provide therapeutic and medical support to people experiencing breast cancer, and almost $400 for One Girl, supporting girls' access to education in Sierra Leone, and contributing to awareness-raising about the 130 million girls currently denied the right to education worldwide. We have also secured over 10 bags of donations for the Zig Zag Young Women’s Resource Shelter - a social service provider supporting women and gender diverse victim-survivors of sexual assault and people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness.
Our final event of the year, a panel discussion addressing the systemic causes violence against women, will provide much needed insight into the profile of gendered violence in Australia, and what can be done to combat gender-based abuse.
Our social media pages promote public education on behalf of feminist causes, including how to perform a breast examination, the history of medical misogyny, support providers assisting people experiencing domestic violence, current rates of domestic violence and femicide, and the symptoms of Endometriosis and other pelvic pain disorders.
We also produce an educational podcast, The Feminist Handbook, spotlighting the advocacy work of young Australian feminists and promoting messages of empowerment, and have provided paid gig opportunities to two young women/gender diverse musicians.
Our work providing community aid wouldn’t be possible without the support of our fabulous members.
We would love grow our club and our capacity to support important causes so please feel welcome to come along to our events and invite all of your feminist friends! :)