Girls in Charge

At the Young Women's Empowerment Project girls can get involved right away!! If you are between the ages of 12-23 and have experience trading sex for money, drugs, a place to stay, survival needs, gifts or protection or gang involvement — then feel free to come by.

YWEP is open to any person who identifies as girl.. that means transgender girls are welcome here!

We have an Open Time every Thursday from 4-7pm where girls can:

• Use the Computer/Internet
• Get clothes from the FREE clothing exchange
• Meet and talk with other girls and get support
• Get FREE clean rigs and works or drop off your dirties
• Get FREE condoms and safer sex supplies

After Open Time you can stay for a GIRLS in CHARGE meeting from 6:30-8:00pm every Thursday (Please note that GIC will NOT meet from March 27th-June 10th)

Girls in Charge is the leadership group that makes all of the major decisions at YWEP.

Some things we have done at GIC in the past are:

• Create a workshop for social workers about how to work with girls in the sex trade
• We created a fundraiser called &lquot;Pancakes and Poetry&rquot; where we had an open mic with pancakes!
• Create zines about drugs, the sex trade, violence against girls and social justice

Girls get paid for their work in GIC!

We offer bus fare and $20.00 to any girl who stays and works during the meeting!