By Juliet | Project Community Mentor
Juliet is one of the "change agents" community mentors who Act4Africa have trained to reach other young women.
Juliet says:
“I feel blessed to have been part of the training conducted by Act4africa. I come from a family where it is sort of a taboo, for parents to speak to us about certain things especially things to do with sexuality.
As a girl, no one, not even my mother had ever opened up to me about facts to do with sex and life. So many other girls out there are the same. Because of that, it has always been hard for me to think about myself in terms of making informed decisions. This lack of information always makes us as girls, naive, innocent and eventually manipulated by men.
I have learned as a girl that I should have a goal to focus on and resist unhealthy exploits by men. My self-esteem and self-confidence have been built and I feel empowered to face certain challenges of the world especially girl related challenges like early/child pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, Manipulation by men, Inequality between boys and girls including access to information and rights ”.
The things I have learned are worthy of sharing with others girls and I want to be an agent of change and speak with other girls. I also want to acknowledge the great change being done amongst us.
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