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Girls Nest


A safe and empowering space for girls and young women to learn, grow, access information, build confidence, and receive support for a brighter future.

Girls Nest is an initiative by Girls and Women Empowerment Network designed to support adolescent girls and young women through education, mentorship, life skills, health awareness, and access to safe learning spaces.
The programme provides girls with opportunities to access digital learning, hard copy books, personal development sessions, sanitary hygiene education, and sexual and reproductive health information.

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One component of most prevention programs that GWEN is doing is direct engagement with women to make them aware of the different forms of SGBV and recognize when it is happening to them. It is essential that women know their rights and where to access support if they are experiencing or have questions about SGBV. In communities and cultures where violence against women is common, many women will not even know that what is happening to them is wrong or is against the law (if it is indeed against the law)

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One component of most prevention programs that GWEN is doing is direct engagement with women to make them aware of the different forms of SGBV and recognize when it is happening to them. It is essential that women know their rights and where to access support if they are experiencing or have questions about SGBV. In communities and cultures where violence against women is common, many women will not even know that what is happening to them is wrong or is against the law (if it is indeed against the law)

GWEN’s-interventions
GWEN’s interventions

In recent programming, GWEN’s interventions have shifted from targeting men as potential perpetrators of violence to engaging them as partners in SGBV prevention. Effective programs, however, recognize that preventing future instances of violence requires transforming social constructions of masculinity that have historically nurtured male dominance. Social norms, values, and institutions create a set of acceptable behaviors and roles for men and women, and violence is often an unacknowledged (and in some cases, accepted) way for men to assert their socially sanctioned power

Facilitating discussion between women and men

GWEN’s evidence suggests that the most effective interventions find opportunities to engage men and women in activities together. Facilitating discussion between women and men can help promote understanding of the others’ experiences and lead to improved interactions. GWEN’s interventions seek to challenge men and women’s understanding of their own masculinity or femininity and their roles in relationships and in society. The programs recognize the complexities of behavior and how they are shaped by wider societal norms, and they are aspirational in that they offer a vision of a more equitable society and both men and women to act to achieve it



Our Impact



Awareness Raising and Information Dissemination

The empowerment process starts with knowledge. GWEN shall use various media and approaches to ensure that the various target groups have information they need to pursue and access the rights of AGYW. For the individual girls and young women, GWEN shall ensure that they have knowledge of their own rights as well as where and how they can get the same fulfilled. At the community and institutional levels, GWEN will seek to sensitise target groups on the needs and means of supporting as well as fulfilling the rights of our primary target group.

Awareness Raising and Information Dissemination

The empowerment process starts with knowledge. GWEN shall use various media and approaches to ensure that the various target groups have information they need to pursue and access the rights of AGYW. For the individual girls and young women, GWEN shall ensure that they have knowledge of their own rights as well as where and how they can get the same fulfilled. At the community and institutional levels, GWEN will seek to sensitise target groups on the needs and means of supporting as well as fulfilling the rights of our primary target group.

Awareness Raising and Information Dissemination

The empowerment process starts with knowledge. GWEN shall use various media and approaches to ensure that the various target groups have information they need to pursue and access the rights of AGYW. For the individual girls and young women, GWEN shall ensure that they have knowledge of their own rights as well as where and how they can get the same fulfilled. At the community and institutional levels, GWEN will seek to sensitise target groups on the needs and means of supporting as well as fulfilling the rights of our primary target group.

Awareness Raising and Information Dissemination

The empowerment process starts with knowledge. GWEN shall use various media and approaches to ensure that the various target groups have information they need to pursue and access the rights of AGYW. For the individual girls and young women, GWEN shall ensure that they have knowledge of their own rights as well as where and how they can get the same fulfilled. At the community and institutional levels, GWEN will seek to sensitise target groups on the needs and means of supporting as well as fulfilling the rights of our primary target group.

Awareness Raising and Information Dissemination

The empowerment process starts with knowledge. GWEN shall use various media and approaches to ensure that the various target groups have information they need to pursue and access the rights of AGYW. For the individual girls and young women, GWEN shall ensure that they have knowledge of their own rights as well as where and how they can get the same fulfilled. At the community and institutional levels, GWEN will seek to sensitise target groups on the needs and means of supporting as well as fulfilling the rights of our primary target group.

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