Building Protection: Social Development Strategy  

Womanfocus programs for women and girls nurture and encourage healthy engagement with others, resiliency, and the ability to be intellectually curious about life. Our workshops provide opportunities for women and girls as they come together on peer, family, school and community settings to master an understanding of themselves and balanced connection to others. In the course of this learning participants receive validation and recognition, and the possibility of a realistic assessment of their behavior in a non- threatening, facilitated forum. Through the process of interacting with others in a facilitated setting, women and girls increase their capacity to build and bond in relation to others. While telling their stories and sharing their perspectives participants grow in trust of each other and the facilitator and are then open to the influence of healthy beliefs and clear standards inform healthy behaviors, our goal.