Are you an Enterprising Girl?
Got a great idea that you don’t know what to do with? Enterprising Girls will give you the tools you need to turn that idea into a reality!
About the Academy for Enterprising Girls
The Academy for Enterprising Girls is a fun and exciting entrepreneurship program, available FREE to all young women in Australia aged between 10 – 18, funded under the Australian Government’s Women’s Leadership and Development Program. The Academy is designed to cultivate young women’s skills in design thinking, entrepreneurial and business skills, delivered through four key program pillars;
National workshops & events program
Free workshops and events for primary and secondary schools around Australia.
Girls gain hands-on experience in workshops designed to teach skills in design thinking and problem-solving. Leadership and career development opportunities for secondary students.
Comprehensive eLearning modules
10 free, engaging, and self-paced online learning modules.
Girls learn the innovation, design thinking and tech skills required to start their own business. Modules take users on a journey of discovery as they develop their own business or social enterprise idea.
Educational resource hub for teachers
Online Classroom offering free educational resources, incorporating classroom friendly content designed by experienced Australian educators.
Mapped directly to the Australian Curriculum Version 9, General Capabilities and Cross Curricular Priorities.
Resource hub for students and parents
Resources designed to inspire and excite the next generation of budding young female entrepreneurs.
Watch an inspiring video series or read an educational article to learn from some of Australia’s most amazing enterprising women.
Did you know?
Only 4% of the $3.5 billion in startup funding in Australia in 2023 went to all-female-founded startups
In Australia, only 1 in 3 people running their own business are women. Between 2015 and 2023, the proportion of female entrepreneurs has only increased by 2 percentage points
First Nations women only represent 0.25% of business owners in Australia
Australia could be missing out on a $400B opportunity due to the underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship.
We’re on a mission to change that
The Academy for Enterprising Girls Program is aimed at developing core skills around an entrepreneurial mindset, problem solving and critical thinking to help young women prepare for the future of work where entrepreneurship and adaptability is not an exceptional trait, but the ingrained habits of the next generation of Australian women.
My students had such an awesome day participating in the Academy for Enterprising Girls!
Yvette Kennedy - Teacher
I strongly recommend this workshop, if our school has this opportunity again, especially for students out there who are still unsure of what they want to do when they finish school, as it really opened by eyes to this aspect of the workplace.
Brighton Secondary College Student
The Academy for Enterprising girls is so important for schools to be tapped in to, to support our young women
Josh Praolini - Teacher
The Academy is there to help the girls see what they can do, what the next steps are. If they get stuck on the way of their business ideas as they work through them.
Karen Oliver - Teacher
I found this workshop really helpful for me personally as it showed me what the next steps are once you have a business idea, whilst also building teamwork and communication skills with students from other schools, who we had never met before!
Brighton Secondary College Student
The Academy for Enterprising Girls provided them (the students) with so many relevant and 21st century skills.
Yvette Kennedy - Teacher
My favourite part is watching these young women flourish and learn
Josh Praolini - Teacher
The Academy for Enterprising Girls offers a robust and clear pathway for students and teachers to engage with entrepreneurial thinking and skills.
Teacher, NSW
Time-poor teachers and advisors can adopt and adapt these resources quickly and easily, requiring only the enthusiasm to try something new in order to begin building something great.
Teacher, NSW
It is wonderful to access a resource that inspires student agency within an entrepreneurial context, supporting and encouraging young women to see themselves as leaders, business people and action takers in a world that can seem filled with overwhelming challenges.
Teacher, South Australia
The program was thorough, engaging and kept students enthralled from start to finish.
Teacher, South Australia
I found this workshop really helpful for me personally as it showed me what the next steps are once you have a business idea, whilst also building teamwork and communication skills.
Year 10 Student, Victoria
I learnt that current problems in our society have the potential to be temporary. We, as young
people are able to make a change and help make those problems non-existent.
Year 10 Student, NSW
