Why Girls?
Let’s get critical about the panic! Everyone agrees that the contradictory messages floating around about the fate of girls and young women are enough to make anyone’s head spin. On March 8th, Girls Action Foundation proposed that it was time to flip the script on the discourse, and launched the Why Girls? resources to walk us through the maze.
These resources are easy-to-use tools that offer fresh perspectives and add girls' voices to the current discourse surrounding girls and young women. Grounded in girls' realities, these tools are designed to support educators, parents, girls' programmers, the media, and anyone who would like to know more on how to address these topics in a positive and pro-active way.
To read more about the importance of girls and young women and the issues they face, check out our op ed: Why Girls? Are making a difference.
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The reality is that girls and young women experience a whole range of violence. They are also surviving this violence and are taking action agianst it. Our vision of violence prevention is that change is possible. To learn more about how violence affects girls and young women across Canada and find out how we can support them, check out Why Girls? Why Violence Prevention? the final installment in a series of four Why Girls? resources. |
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It’s time to get critical about the panic surrounding girls’ and young women’s sexuality. It’s time to get upfront with ourselves and the girls and young women in our lives about sexuality and sexual health if we really care about their well being, health, and happiness. To discover the importance of supporting girls' and young women's sexual power and pleasure and find out how we can support them, check out Why Girls?: Why Sexual Health?, the third in a series of four Why Girls? resources. |
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Media literacy and critical thinking reduce the negative impact of harmful media messages. These tools empower girls and young women to ask questions, deconstruct and analyze messages, and make choices about what they like and why. To discover how and why girls and young women across Canada are taking back the media and how we can support them, check out Why Girls?: Why Media and Pop Culture, the second in a series of four Why Girls? resources. |
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Leaders are all around us and they often go unnoticed. Leaders include the girls and young women who are asking questions, looking for answers, and stating opinions. "Leadership to me is the ability to bring people together despite their differences, and to work as a single unit for a common purpose. Leadership is the building of bridges." To discover what leadership means to young women across Canada and how we can support them, check out the PDF below or click here. |
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Why Girls?: The Video Girls Action Foundation is proud to present Why Girls?: The Video in honor of the launch of our Why Girls? resource tools. Check it out and share it with your friends and colleagues, you may even be one of the stars! |
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| WHY_GIRLS_LEADERSHIP_eng-lowres.pdf | 189.63 KB |
| WHY_GIRLS_VIOLENCE_PREVENTION_eng-lowres.pdf | 2.02 MB |
| WHY_GIRLS_MEDIA_print_LR.pdf | 161.57 KB |
| WHY_GIRLS_SEXUAL_HEALTH_LR_print.pdf | 122.07 KB |
