Cultivating Young Women Leaders in Northern CA

Women’s Health Specialists of Redding California continue to work with our young women in our communities to spread the power of peer education. Reproductive health knowledge and life skills young women continue to need for building self-confidence and honing leadership abilities through their peer-based leadership program. Our past graduates have taken the lead with the support of Women’s Health Specialist to continue this education with their peers, friends, schools, education sessions, and community events.

Young women 14-19 still receive 50% or less reproductive health services and education. With the Young women’s Leaders Training, this number will continue to decrease when these young women stretch their circle of knowledge and power.

One of our graduates now in the position Volunteer/Intern at WHS Redding Clinic. Asha, is a very powerful, informed advocate for young women in our community. With her circle of peers, they are sharing the services for reproductive health care. Bringing in young women for tours of the clinic and meeting the staff. Helping to remove barriers for young women seeking services. Asha has also gone thru our HIV/AIDS Education Training Session and now is a peer educator in this area of reproductive health. This young women is 15 years old, and with WHS on-going support she will make a huge difference in our community and beyond.

Women’s Health Specialist is working onhaving another Young Women’s Leadership Training in the fall, with our past grads taking the lead in choosing the next 10 women. These grads will help to create training manual, and work as co-educators.

These young women will continue to provide positive word-of-mouth information to their friends, peers, and family creating a trusted referral network while continuing to build leaders trained in Reproductive Health Education.

With on-going support these awesome young women will continue to educate, empower, and support a positive future in the field of reproductive health care for all women.