Women…..they got the power!

Well the two week school break finally arrived in mid-May. The other two lady PCVs and I decided it was time do some women empowerment stuff! We set off Monday with our first two day camp GLOW (Girls as Leaders in Our World). At our first location we recruited 27 girls from 7th to 12th grade and 24 at our second. We talked about gender roles, women’s rights, the body, healthy relationships, reproductive health, and AIDS. And to lighten the mood we played games, tie-dyed shirts and bags, made cheers, shared meals, and watched some movies. The three of us made an unstoppable team! We truly had a fabulous time and the girls were so grateful and showered us with gifts on the last day. At both camps the girls told us that no one ever talks about these things in their culture and explained how thankful they were for our presence and willingness to open up to these “tabu” topics.