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Developing Young Women’s Leadership Through Youth Work

Preparing young women to be future leaders through mentoring

WHAT QUALITIES WILL THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMALE AFRIAN LEADERS HAVE
March 6, 2022

If we mention the word ‘leader’ in Africa, we most likely picture a man. We [...]

DESIGNING EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG AFRICAN WOMEN
March 6, 2022

If we lead leadership programmes for young African Women, we have to ask ourselves, as [...]

OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE LEADERSHIP
March 6, 2022

Volunteering can be an excellent opportunity to practice leadership skills, whether this is taking on [...]

GIVING YOUNG WOMEN THE CHANCE TO FAIL BUILDS LEADERSHIP
March 6, 2022

Allowing young women to make mistakes is smarter than spoon-feeding them. Experience of making mistakes, [...]

MODELLING LEADERSHIP AS AFRICAN YOUTH WORKERS
March 6, 2022

We each need to ask ourselves, as youth workers, whether we see ourselves as leaders. [...]

HOW TO USE THIS TOOLKIT TO MENTOR AFRICAN GIRLS AND BUILD THEIR LEADERSHIP
March 6, 2022

This Mentoring Toolkit has been developed by youth workers in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa [...]

WHY MENTORING MATTERS TO YOUNG WOMEN IN AFRICA
March 6, 2022

“Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full [...]

CHARACTER TRAIT JOURNEY
March 6, 2022

The mentoring journey for young women starts with self-awareness and goal setting; these resources are [...]

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MENTOR AND A MENTEE
March 6, 2022

A mentoring relationship is based on a mutual understanding between the mentor and mentee. It [...]

GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER: MENTORS AND MENTEES
March 6, 2022

Building trust with your mentee is important, and this isn’t something that happens immediately. Many [...]

HELPING YOUNG WOMEN GET TO KNOW THEMSELVES
March 6, 2022

An important part of the mentoring journey is for a girl to recognise her talents [...]

HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?
March 6, 2022

Before we can help a young woman or girl to set goals for herself, it [...]

HELPING YOUNG WOMEN DISCOVER THEIR INTERESTS
March 6, 2022

So often our relationships are built upon shared interests and memories. Another great ‘get to [...]

SUPPORTING YOUNG WOMEN TO IDENTIFY THEIR PRIORITIES
March 6, 2022

Until young women work out what they are giving time, headspace and heartspace to, they [...]

UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPING YOUNG WOMEN’S MOTIVATIONS
March 6, 2022

In our African cultures, we often find that people expect there to be one path [...]

HOW TO DELIVER MENTORING SESSIONS FOR YOUNG WOMEN
March 6, 2022

One of the greatest challenges that we have seen is that many mentoring projects or [...]

ONLINE AND REMOTE MENTORING IN AFRICAN CONTEXTS
March 6, 2022

Mentoring is always best in person, but you may have to do it online sometimes. [...]

UNDERSTANDING YOUR MENTEE’S EDUCATION SYSTEM
March 6, 2022

As a mentor, it is important to understand the education system your girls or young [...]

DEVELOPING THE SKILLS EMPLOYERS NEED
March 6, 2022

In Africa we are conscious of academic qualifications as routes into work, but did you [...]

GOAL SETTING
March 6, 2022

I was just amazed that an adult would want to spend time talking with me [...]

BUILDING YOUNG AFRICAN WOMEN’S CONFIDENCE
March 6, 2022

In some of our many African cultures, confidence can be confused with boldness. It can [...]

FIXED AND GROWTH MINDSET: THE AFRICAN CONTEXT
March 6, 2022

Confidence is about believing that you are valuable, worthwhile, and capable and we thought about [...]

HELPING AFRICAN GIRLS FIND THE CONFIDENCE TO FAIL
March 6, 2022

In our African cultures, we can be too scared of failure to start. We worry [...]

DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE THROUGH REFLECTION
March 6, 2022

“It’s easy to see in hindsight” is a phrase we may be familiar with. We [...]

BUILDING RESILIENCE AS A FOUNDATION FOR YOUR AFRICAN LEADERS
March 6, 2022

African women and girls are often praised for our resilience, but how often is this [...]

This section has questions and ideas that you can discuss with your mentee. The story is an example – feel free to change it for a more local one!
March 6, 2022

What is resilience? Task: Tick below the phrases you believe define resilience Never tries to [...]

OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION
March 6, 2022

Procrastination burdens the young women we work with, and it’s an important topic to discuss [...]

HELPING YOUR MENTEE OVERCOME STRESS
March 6, 2022

Older generations, or those from more traditional backgrounds, may think that stress is a luxury [...]

UNDERSTANDING EXTREME RESILIENCE: KNOWING WHEN TO STOP
March 6, 2022

Resilience is a positive trait that can help you to carry on when you find [...]

PROMOTING YOUNG WOMEN’S EMOTIONAL WELLBEING
March 6, 2022

What does wellbeing mean? What is emotional wellbeing? Wellbeing refers to the condition of being [...]

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? GRATITUDE AS A TOOL IN YOUTH WORK
March 6, 2022

In many cultures, reflecting on what we have to be grateful for can help us [...]

HEALTHY EATING HABITS EMPOWER YOUNG WOMEN
March 6, 2022

Healthy eating is important for growing African teenagers and their brains!  Eating a balanced diet [...]

BUILDING YOUNG WOMEN’S SOCIAL COMPETENCES
March 6, 2022

How we meet people is very cultural, and we know that how we interact affects [...]

COMMUNICATION: TEACHING YOUNG WOMEN TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES
March 6, 2022

Communication is sharing or exchanging information or ideas with someone. Good communication means understanding your [...]

DEVELOPING YOUNG WOMEN’S SKILLS TO RELIEVE CONFLICT
March 6, 2022

Many of the young women we work with face conflict in their families or communities. [...]

RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION
March 6, 2022

In South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, where we come from, it’s crucial for young women [...]

DEVELOPING YOUNG WOMEN’S SENSE OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY
March 6, 2022

The young women we work with are part of families and communities. It’s important to [...]

LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER
March 6, 2022

When you run alone, you run fast. When you run together, you run far. Zambian [...]

HOW DO YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS DEVELOP POSITIVE FRIENDSHIP?
March 6, 2022

Friendship is of central importance to most young women and girls. Their friends are their [...]

DATING AND RELATIONSHIPS
March 6, 2022

It’s very normal to think about dating when one is young, but we often don’t [...]

ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT AND MOTIVATION
March 6, 2022

We know that academic success is the route to a better future for our young [...]

REFLECTING ON AFRICAN GIRLS’ SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
March 6, 2022

School can be a place that girls love or a place they struggle with. However, [...]

HOW CAN YOUNG WOMEN REVISE BETTER
March 6, 2022

One of the great sources of stress for young women and girls is academic pressure [...]

HELPING YOUNG WOMEN PREPARING FOR NATIONAL EXAMS
March 6, 2022

Preparing for National Exams is a challenging moment for African students as they are dealing [...]

HOW TO WRITE YOUR CV AND PREPARE FOR INTERVIEWS
March 6, 2022

Recent graduates and school leavers find themselves unprepared for the job application process and do [...]

GIVING YOUR MENTEE THE CHANCE TO REFLECT ON HER MENTORING EXPERIENCE
March 6, 2022

It’s always good to step back and reflect on what we are doing and how [...]

COMMITTING TO IMPROVING AS MENTORS
March 6, 2022

Our African education systems do not always reward or encourage reflection and we may find [...]

MENTORING STORIES
March 6, 2022

To conclude, we are sharing some stories on mentoring;  Amaka and Sheera: Passionate about mentoring [...]

DEVELOPING YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP THROUGH YOUTH WORK
March 6, 2022

As women working to empower young women and girls in three African countries – South [...]

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