Gender Resources

Learning about the menstrual cycle – link to ‘A Mighty Girl’ blog

Link: Teaching resources about menstruation here

Links to other blogs: If you’re looking for more great material for teaching the Mighty Girls in your life about their bodies, make sure to check out our blogs Body Smart, Body Safe: Talking with Younger Girls about their Bodies and A Time of Change: Talking With Tweens and Teens About Their Bodies, as well as our Guides for Girls section which provides resources for Mighty Girls on all aspects of their physical and emotional developments

Rosie Respect – online space for girls

About Rosie
Rosie is a space for girls to connect with the best of the web, helping them to navigate life’s tricky situations. Rosie has a range of tips, links and videos all centred around a theme of respect – for body & mind, work & study, relationships,  and the world we live in.
We are driven by the belief that young people have the courage and resilience to change our world for the better.

Video: a teenager’s body positive movement

Eighteen-year-old Maddi Gill created this truly brilliant video as a HSC project while completing Year 12 in the SA country town of Narracoorte.

… Watch Maddi’s video here

“They shared stories of how they were bullied, shockingly often straight to their faces by their peers. This shocked me – these are five GORGEOUS teenagers. It was so devastating to know they had all been bullied and picked to shreds on their appearance,” Maddi said.

“As women, we all have our personal struggles, but understanding that 15-year-old girls are being told by their peers that they are ‘ugly’, ‘stupid’, ‘fat’, ‘flat chested’ or a ‘slut’ made me so upset and angry.”

Atak’s Film (short film winner about youth identity)

Link: Watch Atak’s winning film here

SBS launched a competition inviting 14- to 20-year-olds to submit a video pitch about their identity, the prize, a chance to have their short film on air. The response was overwhelming with many inspiring entries from across the nation. Five finalists were invited to attend a residential storytelling workshop in Melbourne, and with the help of SBS and the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) produced a short film about their story.

Winner Atak Ngor, 18, was born in what is now South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War. His film is dedicated to those he left behind.

 

Senior School – Objectifying Advertising

Link: Women not objects article here

Objectification of women is a thing that exists even in a sandwich advertisement. That’s what the #WomenNotObjects project is all about. Their video shows women holding clearly sexist and objectifying ads and stating their sarcastic take on them. Tom Ford Perfume for Men, pick up truck, alcohol – the ads cover a variety of subjects.

People are invited to join in on the discussion with the #WomenNotObjects hashtag. If you want to read more about ordeals of women, here’s a post on comic explaining rape and consent by transporting the subject to everyday situations. And here’s a photo series advocating free public breastfeeding.

Forced Marriage in Australia – My Blue Sky website

Link: Open website here

My Blue Sky and Anti-Slavery Australia

Launched in December 2015, My Blue Sky is Australia’s first website dedicated to forced marriage prevention, information, referrals and legal advice.

The site empowers vulnerable people and those who support them to access resources, links to Australian support services, and direct legal assistance through phone, text message, email and secure online locker room.

My Blue Sky is an Australian Government funded initiative of Anti-Slavery Australia.