Workshop 5b
We Need To Do This Together

0+ girls, parents, guardians, politicians, police officers, teachers, educational officers
PARTICIPANTS

Date: July 2017

Theme: “We Need To Do This Together”

OBJECTIVES

  • Educate parents, guardians and the community at large about the challenges faced by young girls
  • Get these people to support and engage in the Femlead process
  • Help the adults to understand, respect and support the rights of the girl child

KEY ISSUES DISCUSSED

  • What leads young girls to drop out of school
  • The disadvantages of child prostitution
  • The physical harm done to the girl child who is pressed to use contraception from an early age (10 years old).
  • The physical harm of early pregnancy
  • Family planning, health and hygiene
  • Early/child marriages