{"id":2969,"date":"2020-06-18T09:42:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T15:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asociacionama.org.gt\/?page_id=2969"},"modified":"2020-07-08T20:17:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T02:17:45","slug":"activate-joven-mujer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asociacionama.org.gt\/en\/activate-joven-mujer\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Active Young Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Act\u00edvate Joven Mujer Phase I & II (2014 - 2015)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Start Date: Mar\/2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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End date: Dec\/2015
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550 volunteers
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Project Description:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The project \"Act\u00edvate Joven Mujer\" Phase I and Phase II was implemented in four municipalities in southern Pet\u00e9n (San Luis, Popt\u00fan, Dolores and El Chal) during 2014 and 2015. In these municipalities 67% of the total population consists of young people, most of them living in rural Maya Q'eqch\u00ed communities and in conditions of poverty and extreme poverty.<\/p>\n

The project promoted citizen participation and strengthened the knowledge of young women in Pet\u00e9n about their sexual and reproductive rights in order to prevent early pregnancies.<\/p>\n

To achieve the objective, three components were developed, the first focused on political advocacy through the development of 60 broadcasts of the bilingual Spanish-Maya Q'eqch\u00ed radio program \"Act\u00edvate Joven Mujer\" (30 broadcasts per year). The program was directed to the general population in their own language, advocating for the eradication of inequalities experienced by girls and women, and was broadcast by Radio U'tan Kaj \"La Voz del Pueblo\".<\/p>\n

This component also included the development of two Municipal Youth Forums with mayoral candidates \"+ Facts - Promises\", which were held to promote the democratic participation of young women and to empower them in the government plans of the mayoral candidates of the municipality of Popt\u00fan, Pet\u00e9n.<\/p>\n

The second component addressed capacity building through the development of five Feminist Camps \"Feminist Leadership as a Tool for the Prevention of Early Pregnancy\".<\/p>\n

The 50 young Maya Q'eqch\u00ed and Ladina volunteer leaders of the AMA Association, from the municipalities of San Luis, Popt\u00fan, Dolores and El Chal, Pet\u00e9n, participated in these camps to strengthen their leadership skills and the importance of access to and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health, violence prevention, interculturalism, and democratic participation.<\/p>\n

After the camps, the volunteers transferred the knowledge learned to 500 adolescents from their community of origin, as each one replicated it with 10 adolescents, which they did through field work replicas, which they did in the native Maya Q'eqch\u00ed language in the case of the indigenous women.<\/p>\n

The third component focused on the importance of raising awareness among adolescents and young people about responsible sexuality with the active participation of the different institutions and organizations present in Southern Pet\u00e9n.<\/p>\n

For this reason, three Youth Festivals \"Open Windows for Youth\" focused on the prevention of early pregnancies and consisted of an intensive direct approach with young people from middle and high schools in urban areas in three municipalities in southern Pet\u00e9n (San Luis, Popt\u00fan and Dolores).<\/p>\n

The festivals were held in the social hall of each municipality, where each participating organization set up two meters of wall, a table, and two plastic chairs, where they placed demonstration areas with information related to the project and institutional themes, such as tri-folds, photographs, magazines, and an educational message to the youth about the importance of preventing early pregnancies and the participation of women.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Activities 2014 - 2015<\/h2>
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Bilingual Spanish-Maya Q'eqch\u00ed radio program \"Act\u00edvate Joven Mujer\".<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Direct beneficiaries:<\/strong><\/p>\n