We just had our first Girls Club / Gender Club meeting at one of the primary schools. We asked the girls what they wanted to learn about/talk about and they said:
1. Staying in school
2. How to be a successful student
3. To control genital mutilation
4. To reduce child marriage
I was surprised that they mentioned the last two, especially since they are only in primary school (9-14 years old) and this was our first meeting. I'm guessing that there are some public health campaigns through the schools about child marriage and FGM and this made them think of those topics. I will start the club out with practicing life skills like communication, decision making and self esteem and we'll move onto these heavier topics later. Leading a discussion on FGM as a foreigner will be tricky, so I will let a female teacher take the lead on that one. I will give them the facts and leave the morality of the issues to my co-teacher and the students.
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