EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMENTO LEAD CHANGE

EMPOWERING

YOUNG WOMEN TO

¨‹

LEAD CHANGE

a training manual

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

¡°Empowering Young Women to Lead Change¡± is the result of hard work and

creativity from many people. The World YWCA extends its gratitude to:

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for its generous support in

producing this manual.

Natallia Aleksandrovich from Belarus, Tarusila Bradburgh from Papua New

Guinea, Kylie Head from Canada, Grace Kyriakos from Lebanon, Cecilia Mukosa

Chomba from Zambia, Katya Pineda from El Salvador, Lourdes Saad Olivera from

Argentina, Judith Vink from Belgium, and Henriette Yimguin from Cameroon,

members of the young women¡¯s resource group who have provided invaluable

guidance.

Testing workshop participants and facilitators from the YWCAs of Belarus,

El Salvador, Jamaica, Lebanon, the Philippines, and Zambia whose feedback

ensured that this document is useful and practical. Roselle Dalzine from Trinidad

and Tobago and Leila Passah from India who helped turn brilliant ideas into a

tangible result.

EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN TO LEAD CHANGE

Empowering Young Women Manual

a training manual

Produced by

Supported by

World YWCA

UNFPA

The YWCA is at the forefront of

empowering women and girls who

advocate for their rights and lead

social, political, economic and civic

change. Today the YWCA reaches

more than 25 million women and girls

in 122 countries, providing them with

the space and skills to develop

leadership for the benefit of entire

communities. The World YWCA¡¯s

purpose is to develop the leadership of

women and girls around the world to

achieve human rights, health, security,

dignity, freedom, justice and peace for

all people.

The United Nations Population Fund,

UNFPA, is an international

development agency that promotes the

right of every woman, man and child

to enjoy a life of health and equal

opportunity. UNFPA supports

countries in using population data for

policies and programmes to reduce

poverty and to ensure that every

pregnancy is wanted, every birth is

safe, every young person is free of

HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is

treated with dignity and respect.

(UNFPA logo)

?World YWCA 2006. Published in 2006 by the World YWCA

We encourage you to photocopy or quote from this publication as long as credit is given to the source.

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EMPOWERING

YOUNG WOMEN TO

an easy to follow resource manual designed to enable

young women to prepare and facilitate workshops

¨‹

LEAD CHANGE

a training manual

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YOUNG WOMEN TO

LEAD CHANGE ¨‹

a training manual

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contents

Preface

2

Introduction

3

Tips for Facilitators

4

Icebreakers, Introduction and Tonesetting

5

15

Economic Justice

23

HIV and AIDS

33

Human Rights

49

Peace

71

Self Esteem and Body Image

81

Sexual and Reproductive Health

95

Violence Against Women

109

Empowering Young Women Manual

Young Women¡¯s Leadership

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