Africa: The Graça Machel Trust's Pan-African Adolescent Girls' Movement in Action - Progress and Impact: [Graça Machel Trust] Over the past two years, what began as a single idea has grown into a vibrant network of community hubs and digital communities spanning Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and soon beyond. Guided by the conviction that every teenage… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMM4SD #AdolescentGirls #GirlsEducation #EmpowerWomen #YouthLeadership #AfricaYouth
Africa: Innovation Challenge - Uplifting Adolescent Girls to Rewrite Their Stories: [Graça Machel Trust] The Graça Machel Trust's Pan-African Adolescent Girls' Movement recently introduced a community outreach initiative--the Innovation Challenge--that enabled girls to identify key issues in their communities and design creative solutions with real impact. By collaborating with… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJdb1M #InnovationChallenge #AdolescentGirls #Empowerment #CommunityOutreach #GirlsEducation
Study finds school-based counseling program reduces PTSD symptoms among adolescent girls

The University of Chicago Education Lab released a new study June 7 that found school-based group counseling programs can significantly reduce PTSD, anxiety, and depression among Black and Latina girls. The study, which evaluated the Working on Womanhood ("WOW") program, a program developed by and for Black and Latina women and girls through the non-profit organization Youth Guidance, comes as girls nationwide experience significant trauma compounded by the pandemic.