Young Women’s Action Team
The YWAT is a youth-led, adult-supported social change project that empowers women to take action on issues that affect their lives (particularly issues of violence against girls and young women). The YWAT believes that girls and young women should be free from violence. We believe that through collective action, consciousness-raising, and organizing we can end violence against girls and young women.
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Youth-Led Research Resources
YWAT conducted the following Youth-Led Participatory Action Research Projects over the 8 years of our existence: 1. The prevalence and impact of street harassment on young women’s lives – 2003-2004 2. The prevalence and impact of teen dating violence — … Continue reading
YWAT Presented A Workshop at the UIC Youth Development Summit Today…
YWAT leadership core member Lillian Matanmi co-facilitated a workshop called “Droppin Science: How Adult Allies Can Support and Foster Youth-Led Participatory Research and Activism.” This interactive workshop introduced participants to the work of the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team … Continue reading
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Where Our Boys At? A Toolkit for Engaging Young Men as Allies to End Violence
In 2006, the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT) launched a campaign to engage young men as allies in addressing violence against girls. The YWAT, a youth-led and adult-supported social change project, conducted a participatory action research project that … Continue reading
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Saying Farewell…
When we launched the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT) in the summer of 2003, we could not have imagined where we would be today. We launched the project with eight young women and over the years we have … Continue reading
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Activism & Resources
Our action piece for this participatory action research project was to plan and sponsor a self-care spa day for girls in our community. Over 60 young women enjoyed free massages, manicures, pedicures, yoga classes and attended workshops about nutrition and … Continue reading
General Resources
Over the past few years, YWAT has created and developed a number of resources. We will include the ones that do not fall under our youth-led participatory action research projects in this section. In addition, we have partnered with and … Continue reading
Girls for Safe Transit
In 2008, the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT) developed a survey to explore the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault in the Chicago Public Transit system. This youth-led participatory action research project administered online and paper surveys and … Continue reading
About Us
WHO ARE WE? The Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT) grew out of the efforts of young women who expressed concern about the rampant street violence and harassment in their neighborhood in 2003. This group of young women between … Continue reading
