We know that academic success is the route to a better future for our young African women and girls. Parents expect good results, and girls need them if they are going to get places in the schools and courses they want. Did you know that not everyone learns in the same way? Helping each girl […]
Category Archives: Toolkit 4 – Developing Young Women’s Leadership Through Youth Work
School can be a place that girls love or a place they struggle with. However, without school, young women and girls would not pass exams and be able to move into good jobs! It’s important to help your mentee to think about her experience of school, and how she can make the most of the […]
One of the great sources of stress for young women and girls is academic pressure from exams. This is exacerbated when young women struggle to find a way to study. Help her to identify times and places where she can study calmly. Ask her to think about which techniques for revision suit her best, looking […]
Preparing for National Exams is a challenging moment for African students as they are dealing with their parent’s expectations and a lot of pressure from school. Mentors can help their mentees by guiding them in making a revision timetable and encouraging them to talk to their parents about it to support their daughter and recognise […]
Recent graduates and school leavers find themselves unprepared for the job application process and do not know how to present their CVs or prepare for interviews. Looking for a job is challenging for young women due to the high unemployment rates in most of our growing African economies. Skills and experience mismatch from the various […]
It’s always good to step back and reflect on what we are doing and how successful it is. Whether it is baking a cake, or what you and your mentee are achieving thanks to mentoring, it’s good to think about how you can have more impact and adapt for better results. Questions for your mentee […]
Our African education systems do not always reward or encourage reflection and we may find that this approach is as new to us as it is to our mentees. Young women learn from example, and we cannot give what we do not practise and understand. To teach young women to reflect, it helps if we […]
To conclude, we are sharing some stories on mentoring; Amaka and Sheera: Passionate about mentoring Amaka and Sheera live in Benin City in Nigeria. They realised that there were many girls in their neighbourhood, who had graduated from secondary schools and who, while waiting to get into higher institutions of learning (universities and polytechnics) for […]
As women working to empower young women and girls in three African countries – South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya – we see the potential of young women. Their talents, resilience and ingenuity. We also see the overwhelming challenges that many women and girls face. Looking at these, we can feel overwhelmed. What can we do […]