Day 4 Session 1: Engaging the Next Generation
A "parallel event" which are the events organized by the NGO's off of the main UN site.
A Panel of 4 young women (age 15-19) from all over the world discussing how they have learned to lead, engage their peers, and importantly, engage their elders and the powers that lead the culture.
They have learned that engaging the older men has been important in making progress on their causes, whether its ending Female Genital Mutilation in west africa or Reducing domestic violence in Latin America.
The Gambia:
Engaging older men was critical to changing the culture of FGM. They had worked with only the women and girls, and were getting nowhere. They then found that
Ecaudor:
Working with the men and boys, they have experienced violence. Work with the boys, ask them how to stop this, Ask them how they want to change the world. When it becomes personal, then he realizes that he doesn't want that for his mother, sister or daughters, and it is a way to have him stop the cycle. She finds that personal engagement with each child or teen is what is needed to involve the men.
What New Tools are there: are you Using Video and Art are new ways of engaging with the next generation.
Social Media is being increasingly used to make girls voices heard. They are shouting, but there is no one to hear them. More relevant information is available on a topic. Digital divide makes it less useful in many countries. The problems are where there is no social media. Have to use old media, and use the TV and Radio to help do campaigns and training sessions. Its hard work, and they take boys and men to the TV discussions, so they are not just women. Its not just about girls, its about all of us. Having the young men come on board.
Another is Sports,
they organize matches, gets the boys there, and then talk to them during the breaks about violence against women.
Also through Music,
The also organize academic camps for boys, focusing on schoolwork, but also have a session on FGM and violence.
A traveling van about issue of National Development- FGM, Early Marriage, and Violence.
Drama also effective, esp when including the young men in role playing.
Make sure there's food.. you'll get more attendance.
Make sure you listen to the young people..the policies and activities need to value the engagement with young people. YWCA poetry...going up on YWCA website today.
Social Cultural patterns we need to change. -Authorities now say women are already in important positions, what else could you want? But you also have to be in the towns and the families to see what is rooted in the culture to effect the change. Example The boys hate domestic work. - She went to director of school to say she wanted to change this. She said we can do it. We can share the chore burden at the school. They also added cooking to the curriculum for all students..the boys learned to cook and clean up. This helped a lot, and its easy to do.
Health Care for Women
Technology, Training and Education
Devices and internet data infrastructure...Bill Kelly (see program for co) using smartphones for medical use.
New Gen U - education and training for free... important social determinant for health for women. It improves education and health. all translated. Dr. Erica Frank
Days for Girls... Dignity and confident to raise their voice, have the knowledge and share their knowledge
Education for Girls in Islam? 2pm CCUN Chapel - Look it up
Sat in for a few minutes. Key definitional difference. the audience members saw the gender violence issues as "disharmony within the family" and kept asking what was best for the family.
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