Ascend Girls Network

See It. Believe It. Plan It. Become It.

Conference & Career Expo

  • Date
  • 600girls, confirmed
  • 10schools, confirmed
  • Venue

600 Girls. 10 Schools. One Full Day.

See It. Believe It. Plan It. Become It.

Morning, she discovers the careers. Afternoon, she hears the women who built them. By the end, she’s written her own goal down.

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Girls with their journals at a career expo table with a scientist
A mentor with a group of girls reading their journals
An engineer showing girls a blueprint beside a robot kit
The Girls with Goals journal, Volume 1
A panel of women on stage while girls raise their hands
A scientist guiding two girls at a microscope
A doctor reading the journal with a girl
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Date
Girls, confirmed
600
Schools, confirmed
10
Venue

— Conference & Career Expo —

One Day. Two Powerful Experiences.

A morning of real career conversations. An afternoon of practical exploration.

Morning

Morning Conferences

A panel of women speakers on stage while girls in the audience raise their hands
  1. 01Career StoriesBe inspired by real journeys from women who’ve been there.
  2. 02AI, Applications and Funding MasterclassesGet practical tips and guidance for what’s next.
  3. 03Ask Her AnythingGet practical tips and guidance for what’s next.
  4. 04Guided Journal MomentPause, reflect and set your next step with purpose.

Afternoon

Afternoon Career Expo

Girls with their journals talking to a scientist at an expo table, with an engineer, nurse and pilot nearby
  1. 01Universities, Colleges and EmployersMeet a wide range of organisations in one place.
  2. 02Real Questions. Real Answers. No Script.Have open conversations with people doing the work.
  3. 03Explore Pathways and OpportunitiesDiscover courses, careers and next steps that fit you.
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Why This Matters

Every Girl. Every Country. One Window.

Close to

1 billion

girls and women worldwide lack the skills to succeed in a changing job market

600 million+

adolescent girls are deciding who they’ll become, right now

Equip her early, everything after changes.

This isn’t one continent’s problem. It’s solvable, everywhere.

— Morning Conferences —

8 women. 8 career paths. 8 honest conversations.

A mentor leaning in with a group of smiling girls reading their Girls with Goals journals
An engineer in a hard hat pointing at a blueprint while four girls watch, a robot kit on the table
A scientist guiding two girls, one at a microscope and one reading the journal
A doctor reading the Girls with Goals journal with a girl

See It. Believe It. Plan It. Become It.

Put your name behind 600 futures.

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Girls with Goals: A Career Coloring and Confidence Journal for Girls, Volume 1, by Natasha M
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— Girls with Goals —

The Girls Who Need This Journal Most Cannot Afford It.

  • A structured life skills tool, not a motivational read
  • Institution buys. Girl receives it free.
  • Her name and a letter written for her sit inside
  • No sales language. Just a book, and a plan.

— What Is the Book —

Not a Motivational Book. A System.

A practical, self-guided life skills and goal-setting system that a girl can return to again and again.

Built for…

  • Identity and confidence
  • Values based decision making
  • Education and career goal setting
  • Planning and resilience
  • One book supports a girl repeatedly, not once
  • No electricity or internet required, works in a classroom, a home, anywhere she is
  • Low cost at volume, built to travel across schools, provinces, and borders

We are not running workshops. We are building human development infrastructure.

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— Buy the Book —

Put a Book in Her Hands. Change Her Trajectory.

You do not need to run a programme to change a life.

  1. 1Your institution buys
  2. 2She receives it free
  3. 3Her name and a letter written for her sit inside

Bulk orders and national distribution partnerships available

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Governance & Safeguarding

Impact Without Integrity Is Failure.

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  • Ethical programme design
  • Child safeguarding and protection built into every distribution
  • Responsible, vetted partnerships
  • Transparent governance and oversight
  • Safeguarding strengthens as we scale, not the other way around

Johannesburg Expo Centre

Venue for the Conference & Career Expo, 20 October 2026

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