Young Women’s Empowerment Project

Girls do what they have to do to survive. We listen. We’ve been there.

Peer education and outreach

Girls and young women currently or previously in the sex trade learn how to offer one-to-one harm reduction information and support to other girls impacted by the sex trade on issues of sexual and reproductive health, street law, and positive options for health and safety for girls using drugs or active in the sex trade in a 40 hour training course we have developed as experienced trainers. This course is designed to be interactive and builds on the knowledge girls already possess.

After graduating from the training, girls are eligible to give harm reduction support, information resources and health supplies like condoms to girls in the sex trade through an outreach plan of their own making. YWEP outreach workers fill out booklets about each outreach time and receive on-going support and development. Girls receive $30 cash stipends for their participation in each 2 ½ hour training session and each 2 ½ hour outreach opportunity a week.