Women earn 82 cents or less for every dollar a man earns. Girl Scouts believes it’s time for change. 1
Our ambitious goals: by 2030, women receive equal pay for equal work, and women of diverse backgrounds hold 30% of leadership roles.
Is your organization ready to commit to this change? Fill out the form below to take the first step toward Gender Parity Certification.
Girl Scouts launched the Fair Play, Equal Pay® Gender Parity Initiative to engage organizations to take action now to help build a more equitable future for women and girls. We believe gender should not be a barrier to equal opportunities for leadership and success.
The Gender Parity Initiative is intended to be a powerful catalyst towards parity in the workplace. Without your help, at the current rate of progress, it will take 132 years to reach full parity.2 Girl Scouts has set a bold goal for organizations to ensure women of diverse backgrounds hold 30% of leadership roles and earn equal pay for equal work by 2030.
Girl Scouts is working with Women in Governance (WiG), an expert in gender parity to evaluate and support organizations as they make meaningful progress towards parity. For a nominal fee, WiG will assess and certify organizations based on a scaled 4-star system at each level of certification. As each level is achieved, organizations will receive a Girl Scouts’ Gender Parity Certification Seal.
This innovative certification evaluates the commitment of an organization’s leadership to parity. It assesses the commitment to enabling talent and representative leadership at all levels of their organization to achieving career advancement, creating a pipeline of female talent.
Interested in your organization becoming certified? Contact us.
Review the Gender Parity Assessment Participation Agreement (PDF) and License Agreement (PDF).
Want to learn more? Read the FAQs or contact us.
The initiative is sponsored thanks in large part to a generous grant from The David and Lura Lovell Foundation , a national foundation which supports initiatives in four main areas, by invitation only, including Gender Parity.
1. Women in the Workforce, U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2022: https://tinyurl.com/4kxwhzz2
2. Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum 2022: https://tinyurl.com/3457as9r
