In 2016, we started the tradition to meet Girls Support Committees formed during the Her Turn workshops in schools. Together with the girls, other stakeholders – teachers, mentors, trainers, local government representatives were also involved in programs through the annual symposium and conferences. These annual gatherings provide an opportunity to share our work, find its impact and get input to improve existing programs and develop new projects. As per our annual tradition, every year, we organize a three-day Girl led conference connecting adolescent girls from diverse backgrounds, in partnership with the boys.
The idea behind the gathering encircle bringing adolescents from various schools and communities in one platform to discuss, learn, share ideas and experiences from each other, to learn about the COVID-19 effect on adolescents and their future, to shed light on girl-leadership and partnership with boys for individual/ institutional and social impact, to impart knowledge and skills on leadership so that adolescents take on various social issues and encourage action. The conference also is a platform to brainstorm on ideas/intervention to address pertaining issues in their communities and prepare collective action and strengthen Girls Support Committees and School Support Committees and Girls Advisory Board thereby reinforcing Girl-led leadership.
The last Annual Girl-led conference was organized marking the International Human Rights Day on 10th of December 2022. It was also a celebration of our decade long grassroots movement Her Turn as the program completed 10 years graduating 7552 adolescent girls and 2147 adolescent boys from the Her Turn and His Chance in school programming. The celebration was also an occasion to reflect our work and learn the impact of the program from our graduates.
2016 Annual Girl-led conference : https://tinyurl.com/ykdvs36f
2017 District level adolescent conference: Social transformation through school : https://tinyurl.com/2p8kpm6v
2019 : Annual Girl-led leadership conference: https://tinyurl.com/yc2ckvcv
2021: Annual Girl – led leadership conference – partnership with boys : https://tinyurl.com/k74bujyu
2022: Annual Girl- led leadership conference – partnership with boys: https://tinyurl.com/2knm48wv
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