What are the Youth Empowerment Programs at the NSWC?

The Girls Empowerment programming portfolio started at the North Shore Women's Centre in 2007, when we hosted our first free Girls' Empowerment Summer Camp. 

Adolescence and teenage years for girls and gender-diverse youth is extremely complicated in today's online world, and we want to provide a variety of free and accessible avenues to educate, encourage, and empower young people on the North Shore.

Our Girls' Empowerment Programming portfolio is made up of:
 

• Girls' Empowerment Summer Camps, week-long day camps for pre-teens and teens

• Flip the Script with A-EAAA™, a 12-hour evidence-based sexual assault prevention training offered by the NSWC for self-identified girls aged 16-19

• Safe Dates, an evidence-based dating abuse prevention training for youth of all genders

• After School Girls' Group, a weekly social group at our drop-in resource centre for youth aged 13-16 to make meaningful connections in a safe and feminist space

• Neurodivergent Empowerment Program, a free 10-week educational and social program for 6th-7th grade girls and gender-diverse youth who identify as neurodivergent (no diagnosis necessary)

• Volunteer Empowerment After-School Group, a space for engaged youth to grow their leadership skills, build social connections, and learn about female empowerment while supporting women in the community

• Girls Hub, an online resource guide for young women and gender-diverse youth to learn about what is available to them on the North Shore (coming soon).

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Check out our new Instagram page: @nsyouthempowerment