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SUMMARY:Ubumbano Solidarity Hub
DESCRIPTION:As the Brave girl initiative we recently received an invitation to attend the ACT Ubumbano Solidarity Hub. It is a time to connect and discuss social issues affecting those that we work for and serve in our countries and communities. It is a two gathering that is more than just a time to speak but a time to express ourselves and find out ways to move forward for change.\nAs the Brave girl initiative we have gathered a new tool for dealing with Gender based violence and sexual abuse of our girls and we are and girls excited to implement it.
URL:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/event/ubumbano-solidarity-hub/
LOCATION:Garden Court Hotel Johannesburg\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:gender based violence
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SUMMARY:Radio Show Be The Best You Can Be
DESCRIPTION:We still can’t believe we were on the radio. The Brave Girl Initiative was asked to join Ps. Ishmael Khumalo on the youth radio program\, Be The Best You. \nThis ground breaking show\, aims to encourage and empower our youth through guests and activities on the radio show. We dived into what our organization offers\, stands for and our take on current affairs of gender based violence\, availability of youth support and empowering one another. It was great to re-tell the story of The Brave Girl Initiative\, explaining where we started from and where we are today. This vision perpetuated the need to empower and educate our girls in Eswatini and also helped develop activities for our youth to partake in that are safe\, fun and wholesome. We are privileged to have travelled all over Eswatini doing this great work\, from Piggs peak to Siphofaneni to Nhlangano and we are still not done. \nAs we were discussing where the organization is heading and just how the future is looking like\, we couldn’t wait to spill the tea. From the launching of the afterschool program called the Beautiful Girl Child\, targeting girls in their early teenage years which is already up and running at Othandweni to the release of the organizations very first book for young brave girls. This book is meant to help girls develop a love for reading and also the books will be all about various brave girls\, just like them\, that doing amazing things\, empowering their community\, in spite of their circumstances and hardships. I guess we can all agree that The Brave Girl Initiative are busy making a statement\, changing lives and creating a chain of sisters around the kingdom of Eswatini.
URL:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/event/radio-show-be-the-best-you-can-be/
LOCATION:EBIS 2\, Manzini\, Manzini\, Swaziland
CATEGORIES:brave girls,gender based violence,mental health,teenage pregnacy
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SUMMARY:Girls Mini Conference
DESCRIPTION:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/VID-20240205-WA0007.mp4\nSo\, Eswatini is known for its breathtaking natural landscape\, beautiful scenery\, green vegetation\, vibrant culture and friendly people. Having said that\, there are still some major setbacks for our girls situated in the rural areas which can make it difficult to enjoy the nature we have when hardships are so near to home. Still on the mission to bring truth to all teenage girls in the kingdom\, the Brave Girl Initiative went on yet another adventure of changing lives. This time we travelled to a small community located on in the Lowveld\, Sinceni. \nThis girl talk was help to raise awareness on the dangers of engaging in premature sexual activities\, which tend to give birth to a lot of consequences\, which have halted a lot of our girls’ futures in the kingdom. We kicked off with icebreakers aimed at making the girls feel more comfortable in sharing their thoughts without the fear of being reprimanded. After that\, we selected 3 girls to be mommies for the day to a little baby egg. The girls had to do all activities with the baby egg in tow and jot down when the baby egg ate\, drank\, slept\, played etc. The girls found this activity to be easy …at first. Our day went on with speakers talking about STI’s\, consequences of sexual engagement at a young age\, further risks of poverty etc. We really wanted to get the girls honest opinions on why they feel the need to have relationship\, and at times with much older gentlemen. These were the answers we were given: For money\, for a good time cause being home all day can be boring\, to get chocolates\, to get food\, because their friends are doing it and they have nice cell phones. This was a sad thing to hear. Society has normalized being in a relationship for materialistic things. \nOne thing we strive to do as The Brave Girl Initivative is to equip young girls with good decision making skills\, and after hearing from the girls it was quite clear that there is misinformation circulating on how an actual relationship is meant to be. We also tackled the topic of gender based violence with a very special guest\, Tengudze. This beautiful brave girl\, spoke about her own experiences of domestic and emotional abuse. She was so brave in sharing her journey of suffering at the hands of a man who claimed to love her. The room became so silent when she relieved that in the relationship\, she too had stayed for the materialistic purposes and lost her identity and everything she was doing was now for this man who was taking everything from her. \nShe was so courageous and went on to advice young girls to focus on investing in their future\, once you are able to know your worth then no person will define who you are. This was truly the highlight of the event\, filled with true emotions based on true life events.
URL:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/event/girls-mini-conference/
LOCATION:Sinceni Carepoint\, Siphofaneni\, Lubombo\, Swaziland
CATEGORIES:gender based violence,mental health,teenage pregnacy
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