The recent sellout UK Youth conference on the future of girls' work showed there is continuing concern that youth policy can sideline young women. There is a proud history in youth work of individuals and organisations struggling to keep this perspective alive and to come up with services that address the specific concerns of young women.
One online home for youth work that focuses on work with girls is www.feministwebs.com. This site is designed specifically to provide an archive and a resource for those working with young women. It has a self-declared bias towards work that encourages participation and has a feminist, rights-based perspective. Supported by a partnership of youth and women's organisations, mainly in the North West, it has created and collected hundreds of resources and session plans on topics including body image, caring, cultural expression, exploring difference, faith, motherhood, safety, sexuality and feminism. You can also find details of a physical archive on girls' work held at Manchester University and you can download a full catalogue.
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