Another Week Beyond – 2043

Comms Team Another Week Beyond, Women, youth

Dear friends,  It was not an English lesson but together with a group of girls, we looked up the dictionary definition of the word “slut.”   Upon confirming that it is most often used to describe women who are sexually promiscuous, they were incensed when they recalled the numerous occasions they were called so.  “Sometimes people don’t use the word on us but by criticising how we dress, I think they also believe that we are bad girls,” one of the participants expressed during a recent Girls’ Night. Girls’ Night  provides a safe space to discuss sexuality, relationships, and other topics that youth find …