Developing Pride, SelfConfidence, and Strength: Every 12yearold Girls Right

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Developing Pride, Self-Confidence, and Strength
Every 12-year-old Girls Right
Martha Brady, Population Council February 28,
2005
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POWER
PRIDE
RESILIENCY
STRENGTH
SELF-CONFIDENCE
DIGNITY
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Girls Have The Right to know and appreciate
their own bodies

• Girls Need
• Accurate, appropriate, and meaningful information
  on

• Puberty (biological, psychological, and social
  aspects)
  
• Menstruation and menstrual hygiene
• Sexual and reproductive health
• Basic health, nutrition, and sanitation

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Group learning is particularly powerful for girls
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Appropriate information provided by trusted
female mentors
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Girls Have The Right to basic health
information and services

• Girls Need
• Gender-sensitive age-appropriate sexuality
  education
  
• Access to a constellation of health services
• Skilled providers sensitive to their needs

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Girls Have The Right to bodily integrity

• Girls Need
• Protection against harmful practices (such as
  FGC, early marriage, etc.)
  
• Ability to recognize unsafe situations
• Skills to negotiate their personal safety and
  protection strategies
  
• Laws that protect them against sexual coercion,
  rape, and other forms of gender-based violence
  

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Girls Have The Right to express themselves
freely

• Girls Need
• Preparation for and engagement in civil society
• Opportunities to develop political voice
• Support to resist gender stereotypes
• Progressive gender norms in society

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Validation and recognition for their
accomplishments
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Girls HaveThe Right to have confidence in
themselves

• Girls Need
• Mentoring by trusted female figures
• Solidarity and support from peers
• Positive and supportive environment
• Skills to define and form healthy relationships
  with peers and others

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Solidarity, teammates, and friends girls share
in the exhilaration of sports
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Girls HaveThe Right to be safe in the world

• Girls Need
• Safe mobility in the public space
• Girl-friendly protected spaces
• Social acceptance of girls capacities

See References Brady 2003b
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Girls Have The Right to play

• Girls Need
• Lightening of their domestic load to allow time
  for recreation
  
• Opportunities for participation
• Female role models to look up to
• Female mentors to teach and guide

See References Brady 2002
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She has the whole world in her hands!
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Brady, Martha. 2004. Creating Safe Spaces and
Building Social Assets for Girls through Sport.
Presentation to the United Nations Development
Programme, July 22, 2004.Brady, Martha. 2003a.
"Negotiating Leadership Roles Young Women's
Experience in Rural Egypt." Women's Studies
Quarterly 31(3/4) 174-191. Brady, Martha.
2003b. Safe Spaces for Girls in Adolescent and
Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Charting
Directions for a Second Generation of
Programming, UNFPA/Population Council background
document. New York Population Council.Brady,
Martha. 2002. Letting Girls Play The Mathare
Youth Sports Association's Football Program for
Girls. New York Population Council. Brady,
Martha. 1998. Laying the Foundation for Girls
Healthy Futures Can Sports Play A Role? Studies
in Family Planning 29(1) 79-82.Girls Inc.
Girls Bill of Rights. http//www.girlsinc.org/ic/
page.php?id1.7Population Council. 2004. Safe
Spaces to Learn Play and Grow (Ishraq). Briefing
Sheets. Cairo Population Council.Zibani, Nadia
and Martha Brady. 2004..  Adolescent Boys
Response to Gender Equitable Programming in Rural
Upper Egyptian Villages Between ayb and Haram.
Al-Raida 21(104/105).
References

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