NETWORKS FOR CHANGE AND WELL-BEING
Girl-led ‘From the Ground Up’ Policy Making to Address Sexual Violence in Canada and South Africa
Issue 3: September 2016
Dear Partners Moving into the third year of Networks for Change and Well-being, we have lots to report. From the setting up of field sites in both countries to training and support for new scholars, and from the Indigenous internship program that you will read about in this newsletter, to producing key publications, we are seeing “girl-led ‘from the ground up’ policy making” in action. Of particular note is the publication 14 Times a Woman featuring the autobiographical writings from the members of Girls Leading Change at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa, and the Special Issue of Girlhood Studies on Indigenous Girlhood, guest edited by two members of the National Indigenous Young Women’s Council along with Sarah Flicker at York University. We also invite readers to visit the newly launched Networks4Change website: www.networks4change.ca/ or www.networks4change.co.za/. One of the high points of this quarter for the Partnership was the project symposium and Indigenous Pre-Conference (leading up to the 21st International AIDS conference) held in Durban in July. The two events not only brought co-applicants together from the two countries, but an impressive gathering of girls and young women from the field sites in South Africa as well as members of the National Indigenous Young Women’s Council in Canada. An important component of that meeting was the opportunity for the girls and young women to engage in dialogue to establish the Girls Leading Change Youth Council in South Africa and to consider ‘next steps’ for establishing an international forum made up of Indigenous girls and young women. In the next few months we expect to add several new field sites, and have expanded the network to include new collaborators and community partners. We sincerely thank all the partners for their wonderful contributions and continued support to Networks4Change. Best regards, Claudia and Lebo
Content Two Perspectives: Canada
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Two Perspectives: South Africa
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Social Media & N4C
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Fieldsite Reports
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Girls Leading Change
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Women & Girls: HIV Response
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Keynote Address
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Researchers’ Abstracts
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Internship Report
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14 Times a Woman
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Community Report/Toolkit
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Girlhood Studies Issue
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Upcoming Events
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Partners & Stakeholders
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