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The Power of Groups: Effective Tools and Practices for Promoting Life Skills Among Adolescent Girls

April 30, 2019 3:00 pm EDT

“WomenStrong Girls’ Club members at a Club session in Kumasi, Ghana.”

Come join The Coalition for Adolescent Girls, WomenStrong International, thought leaders and implementers, to discuss the power of groups in building girls’ leadership and life skills.

To watch the event remotely, please register for our livestream.

A panel-led conversation will focus on the vital importance of sisterhood in building girls’ protective assets and on best practices for running adolescent girls’ groups. Useful tools and resources to promote Girls’ Clubs will be shared, including WomenStrong’s new Strong Girls Make Strong Women Handbook , which incorporates the best practices of renowned youth development and life skills education specialists for working with girls worldwide.

Speakers:
Dr. Chisina Kapungu, Senior Gender and Youth Specialist, ICRW

Miriam Temin, Team Leader, Evidence into Policy & Practice, Population Council

Amy Collins, Senior Adolescent Programming Specialist, Global Impact and Engagement Team, World Vision International

Kirsten McCullers, Policy Lead, Coalition for Adolescent Girls, and Senior Program Officer, Girl Up

Ahila Devi, Director of EMPOWER: WomenStrong Madurai (Madurai, India)

Julia Fan, Program and Knowledge Manager, WomenStrong International

Dr. Susan M. Blaustein, Founder/Executive Director, WomenStrong International

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April 30, 2019
3:00 pm EDT - 5:00 pm EDT

International Center for Research on Women, Suite 500N. 1120 20th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20036

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