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Working with young women

Checklist: How accessible is your service?

Use this checklist to identify how you can improve your service for young women - see How to use the checklists.

You can either:

  • tick the boxes on screen, then print the page, or
  • print it out and use a pen!

 

Needs analysis and planning

Your service specifically consults young women about their needs as young women

Yes No

Your service develops programs which respond to the needs which young women identify

Yes No

Your service gathers statistics on how many young women and young men attend / use your service

Yes No

Your service develops specific strategies to increase the participation of young women (if under represented)

Yes No

When necessary, your service changes the activities it provides or the way it provides activities to ensure that young women get a fair go and that young men do not dominate activities

Yes No

Image of young women

Your service promotes positive images and achievements of young women

Yes No

Your service promotes opportunities for young women to develop their skills (incl non-traditional areas)

Yes No

Challenging sexism

Staff and volunteers model non-sexist behaviour in the way they relate to each other, and in the way they interact with clients

Yes No

Staff challenge any sexist comments or behaviour from clients

Yes No

Your service has policies and rules in place that deal with sexist comments or behaviour

Yes No

Your service promotes information about physical and sexual harassment and violence

Yes No