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Ensure that your youth project keeps women and girls safe
Introduction As women, educators and youth workers, protecting – safeguarding – children – in our [...]
When we, as youth organisations, started our work on safeguarding, many of us felt that [...]
Sometimes we feel we are doing things well, our projects benefit the women and girls [...]
Youth workers working with children and young people often feel overwhelmed already. There is so [...]
It’s essential that youth workers and youth organisations can recognise the signs and symptoms of [...]
As youth workers working with young women and girls over a period of time, we [...]
As women from different African countries and cultural backgrounds, one of the challenges we had [...]
In our discussions on abuse, we realised that each of us had different ideas of [...]
It’s important to have your policy clearly written down so that everyone knows what is [...]
Sometimes when we think of where women and girls are at risk, we focus on [...]
Sometimes in our approach to safeguarding, we think our only responsibility is to protect young [...]
An essential element of your own Safeguarding policy is to understand what risks those you [...]
After you complete the steps in the previous section, you will have achieved a lot. [...]
One of the greatest safeguarding challenges we faced was what to do when a child [...]
Safeguarding isn’t just about the staff or volunteers who directly work with women, girls or [...]
When we take on a new staff member or volunteer, we must have a clear [...]
In developing our safeguarding policies and procedures, we saw other aspects of working with our [...]
We can all remember times when we have been concerned about something but have been [...]
We must be aware that positions of responsibility and power can lead staff and volunteers [...]
A code of conduct for your youth club’s staff and volunteers – your youth workers [...]
If abuse occurs against a child or vulnerable woman, or there is a risk identified, [...]
Reports about abuse or suspected abuse are delicate: they implicate suspected or actual abusers, identify [...]
In our African youth organisations, our board may be our management (if everyone involved is [...]
This guide is not safeguarding training but offers an introduction to safeguarding in our African [...]
We all know of people who like policies. They like beautiful, pristine documents locked in [...]
Anna was walking home from the women’s centre where she went to find a safe [...]
Charity leads the youth programmes at her church. Because of her role in doing this, [...]
Awino’s best friend, Fatima, explained to her that her phone service provider offered free internet [...]
Our insights have hopefully convinced you that you need to: Prioritise safeguarding Develop (or upgrade) [...]
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