Girls Action Publications

Media and pop culture are so closely connected. This connection can  end up creating and maintaining norms, standards, stereotypes, and prejudices.

Interacting with media and pop culture means interacting with systems of power. When seen from this angle, media and pop culture can be extraordinarily powerful tools of both oppression and liberation.

Leaders are all around us yet they often go unnoticed. Leaders are the girls and young women asking questions, looking for answers, and stating opinions.

It’s time to get critical about the panic surrounding girls’ and young women’s sexuality. It’s time to get upfront with ourselves and the girls and young women in our lives about sexuality and sexual health if we really care about their well being, health, and happiness.

The reality is that girls and young women experience a whole range of violence. They are also surviving this violence and are taking action agianst it. Our vision of violence prevention is that change is possible.

The Amplify Toolkit is a compilation of over 15 years of Girls Action’s expertise in delivering and supporting girls’ programs, as well as the endless knowledge and insights collected from our National Network Members. The result is innovative best practices, tips and activities for anyone wanting to start or strengthen a girls program.

The Toolkit is comprised of a “how-to” Manual and a Workshop Guide. In the Manual you will find a comprehensive look how to organize and facilitate girls’ programs. The Workshop Guide is a collection of over 50 activities from girls’ programmers across the country.

The goal of this research review is to provide resources and information about the realities facing Northern, rural and/or Aboriginal girls and young women in Canada.

This research review has been compiled in order to provide quick and easy access to innovative research about the realities that racialized girls face and the factors that impact their lives.

The goal of this literature review is to provide innovative research about girls, their issues, and the factors that impact their lives. You will find a compilation of quotations and statistics that highlight the experiential realities of girls and young women. You can use this information to reinforce funding proposals, to aid in program development, to provide program justification or to inform communication materials, such as presentations or fact sheets.

Our Communities, Our Words, simply put, is the documentation of the best practices, reflections on programming, stories and experiences that have been shared by our Community Colleagues who are working for and with racialized girls and young women. The intention of this guide is to share frameworks, tools, and resources to support programming, and address the needs and experiences of the racialized girls and young women we work with.

Do you want to start a project? Organize an event? This zine introduces the key concepts from young women who have done it themselves. Get information on topics like collaboration, leadership styles, fundraising, anti-oppression organizing, evaluation, communications, and growing your project. In addition, there are also inspiring stories, tips and resources!