Drug Action week is upon us and ShineSA southern team has responded to a request from the Southern Fleureau Drug Action Network to attend a series of expos organised in schools for this event.
If you would like to find out more contact emily on:
sciyouth@iinet.net.au
Friday, June 11, 2010
Young women: Have your say
A GREAT opportunity to for young women ( all women) to be involved in some consultations: Below is a small blurb. Go to this website to see more. One of the special groups to have thier own forum is young women
Consultations 2010
Women in South Australia - Thinking about a Better Future
The Premier's Council for Women wants your views on the issues that affect women - employment and money, family, health, safety, well-being - whatever issues are important to you.
Your participation in this consultation process will contribute to the update of South Australia's Strategic Plan. Hearing your views will also help us continue to provide independent advice on issues of importance to women and advocate for improved opportunities, well-being and services for all women in South Australia.
Consultations 2010
Women in South Australia - Thinking about a Better Future
The Premier's Council for Women wants your views on the issues that affect women - employment and money, family, health, safety, well-being - whatever issues are important to you.
Your participation in this consultation process will contribute to the update of South Australia's Strategic Plan. Hearing your views will also help us continue to provide independent advice on issues of importance to women and advocate for improved opportunities, well-being and services for all women in South Australia.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
STI Myths ( they say STD)
Great little youtube video that dispels some myths around STIs. Well worth a watch. Thanks to SEXETC for this..
There is no privileged access to truth????
Yet again some people try to stop our young people getting the information essential for them to survive and make sense of the world we live in. I got the following post from Sexetc. A website for sex education by teens and for teens. You can have a look at thier website here.
Book Banned From New Jersey High School Library
Eighteen people recently complained about three books in a New Jersey high school library. What were they complaining about? How the books dealt with teen sexuality.
The books are Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology, Love and Sex: 10 Stories of Truth and The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities.
Go here to read more
Book Banned From New Jersey High School Library
Eighteen people recently complained about three books in a New Jersey high school library. What were they complaining about? How the books dealt with teen sexuality.
The books are Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology, Love and Sex: 10 Stories of Truth and The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities.
Go here to read more
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
even on mainstream morning shows
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Great school activity
UNIFEM and Soweto schools and CBOs say NO to trafficking in women.
More than 400 representatives from schools and community based organizations in Soweto (Johannesburg) shared the “SAY NO TO TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN. SAY YES TO WOMEN’s RIGHTS” message during a soccer tournament organized by UNIFEM on 9 April in the context of UNIFEM’s actions to counteract trafficking in women in 2010.
The event, which counted on the participation of official girls soccer teams from Soweto, is part of a number of activities implemented by UNIFEM Southern Africa -in partnership with Johannesburg Child Welfare (JCW)- to support the Red Light Campaign 2010, a regional civil society initiative aimed to prevent trafficking in women and children during the World Cup 2010. Participants to the event came from a large number of schools and community based organizations in Soweto, to actively participate in the soccer tournament and parallel activities organized, and to get information on effective measures to prevent trafficking in women and girls in their communities. UNIFEM Regional Director opened the agenda with a welcome speech that outlined UNIFEM’s actions towards Ending Violence against Women and presented the Africa Wide Campaign to end Violence against Women and Girls, as the frame for UNIFEM’s work around trafficking.
Go HERE to read more:
Be great to see something like this at state tournaments here in Adelaide!!!
More than 400 representatives from schools and community based organizations in Soweto (Johannesburg) shared the “SAY NO TO TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN. SAY YES TO WOMEN’s RIGHTS” message during a soccer tournament organized by UNIFEM on 9 April in the context of UNIFEM’s actions to counteract trafficking in women in 2010.
The event, which counted on the participation of official girls soccer teams from Soweto, is part of a number of activities implemented by UNIFEM Southern Africa -in partnership with Johannesburg Child Welfare (JCW)- to support the Red Light Campaign 2010, a regional civil society initiative aimed to prevent trafficking in women and children during the World Cup 2010. Participants to the event came from a large number of schools and community based organizations in Soweto, to actively participate in the soccer tournament and parallel activities organized, and to get information on effective measures to prevent trafficking in women and girls in their communities. UNIFEM Regional Director opened the agenda with a welcome speech that outlined UNIFEM’s actions towards Ending Violence against Women and presented the Africa Wide Campaign to end Violence against Women and Girls, as the frame for UNIFEM’s work around trafficking.
Go HERE to read more:
Be great to see something like this at state tournaments here in Adelaide!!!
Monday, May 31, 2010
FINALLY THE NEW COURSE IS HERE
Hello everyone. Finally the new SHineSA sexual health course for workers is ready to kick off. If you have been waiting for some training in how to work with young people around the issues of sexual health - here is your chance. Starting dates are July 21/22/23
The FRESH course
SHine SA’s new sexual health course for workers
SHine SA offers a nationally recognised course for workers in the Community Services and Health sectors working in the areas of disability, youth, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander men’s and women’s health, and Culturally & Linguistically Diverse communities. The course aims to provide workers with an increased level of confidence when working with clients in the area of sexual and reproductive health and relationships. Participants will enhance their skills in addressing clients’ needs through assessment, program development, delivery and evaluation. The FRESH course has a flexible design which enables participants from the same occupational groups to share time together exploring client issues and community needs. Participants can complete the core modules, then may choose electives and assessment pathways based on individual preference.
What you will learn:
Core
Intro to sexual health
Gender &Diversity
Community Focus
ELECTIVES
Anatomy and Physiology
Sexual Violence
Pleasure Positive
Contraception & Pregnancy Options
STIs and Safer Sex
ASSESSMENT
CHCCED311A- Program Planning & Delivery
CHCCED511A - Advanced Program Planning & Delivery
For a Course Information & Enrolment Handbook contact:
Tel: 8300 5317 or Email: SHineSACourses@health.sa.gov.au
Friday, May 14, 2010
Great downloadable resource
Relationship things:
Go here to get The Relationship Things Resource Kit This is for professionals working with young people, providing a comprehensive range of activities to engage young people and support them to expect and build safe and respectful relationships.
Parents don't think thier kids are having sex
Many parents don't think their kids are interested in sex, but believe that everyone else's kids are, a new study reveals.
"Parents I interviewed had a very hard time thinking about their own teen children as sexually desiring subjects," said study researcher Sinikka Elliott, an assistant professor of sociology at North Carolina State University. "At the same time, parents view their teens' peers as highly sexual, even sexually predatory." Parents consistently characterized their children as young, immature and naïve.
Go here to read more
"Parents I interviewed had a very hard time thinking about their own teen children as sexually desiring subjects," said study researcher Sinikka Elliott, an assistant professor of sociology at North Carolina State University. "At the same time, parents view their teens' peers as highly sexual, even sexually predatory." Parents consistently characterized their children as young, immature and naïve.
Go here to read more
labiaplasty
Why is it that some women feel the need to have thier labia altered? What is our mainstream media doing to create this need? Why aren't people satisfied with who they are?? Go here to watch a facinating interview and film from Hungry Beast
VIEWER WARNING: This story is rated M for nudity, sexual references and strong scenes of Labiaplasty surgery that may disturb some viewers?
We need to warn you straight up that this story contains footage of genital surgical operations that some may find confronting.
There’s one part of the female body that most of us have seen more in pictures than in real life. But has censorship skewed our idea of what a normal vagina looks like? And could it be contributing to a new trend in cosmetic surgery
VIEWER WARNING: This story is rated M for nudity, sexual references and strong scenes of Labiaplasty surgery that may disturb some viewers?
We need to warn you straight up that this story contains footage of genital surgical operations that some may find confronting.
There’s one part of the female body that most of us have seen more in pictures than in real life. But has censorship skewed our idea of what a normal vagina looks like? And could it be contributing to a new trend in cosmetic surgery
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