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"​Women: Power of Life" Empowerment Workshops

4/10/2016

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CEDEJO is currently seeking grants or sponsorship to continue their very important women's empowerment programs.

A Pilot Project of the program was successfully completed in 2014 with 18 women in the Tepehua community in Chapala, Jalisco, MX over a 9 month period, which resulted in women creating circles of support and many of the women creating their own projects which helped them earn money & move toward financial independence. As a result of the success of the program, CEDEJO has a waiting list of women in the region, who are interested in attending the next available programs.
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Program Description

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Due to existing problems in rural communities in the Rivera of Chapala (such as poverty, marginalization of women, domestic violence & women's lack of access to economic resources and information about reproductive rights) CEDEJO has created the “Women: Power of Life” program, which seeks to support the empowerment & development of women in these communities. The program offers specialized training which supports women's health & well-being, promotes equality and gender rights, and gives women resources for them to improve their personal growth and economic development. ​
Core Topics of Program include:
  • Sexual & Reproductive Health section includes sessions on family planning, cancer & STD prevention, health & hygiene, sexuality & gender beliefs, sex education, birth control.
  • Women's Rights & Domestic Violence Prevention sectionincludes sessions on gender equity, women's rights, violence prevention.
  • Productive Projects section facilitates sustainable income generation & entrepreneurial goal-setting and includes sessions on natural medicine & plant extracts, therapeutic massage, manufacturing of natural products, sustainable gardening, creating a business & cooperative model.
  • Women's Circles section facilitates self-esteem and support models and includes sessions on circles of women, self-esteem, women's bodies/wisdom, motivational skills, health habits, nutrition & mindfulness.

$180,000 MXN (15,000 MXN/month) ​covers ​​9 months of workshops for 1 group of 15-25 women! Click here to make a donation or Contact Us for more details.

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CEDEJO Website Redesign

4/6/2016

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Our website gets a facelift!

In honor of International Women's Day, CEDEJO volunteer Sheila Poettgen, who previously helped CEDEJO with public outreach by redesigning our outdated website & promotional material in 2013, donated her skills again this year to redesign our website in order to better reflect the work that CEDEJO is doing in the community. Thanks to all of our volunteers for supporting CEDEJO's mission!

Please subscribe to receive updates about the news we share on our website and consider volunteering or making a donation today to help support our work. THANK YOU!
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Only 1 in 4 Jalisco Teens Use Condoms

4/1/2016

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According to a March 2016 article posted by the Guadalajara Reporter, "only one in four sexually active teenagers in Jalisco always use a condom, according to the Jalisco youth survey".

“The number of young people that use condoms is around 38 percent,” said Jalisco Youth Institute Director Ramon Morales Sanchez. “Twenty-three percent of respondents say they never use a condom, 22 percent say they almost never do and 17 percent say they use one the majority of times.” Eighteen percent of survey respondents said they did not use condoms because they did not have the money to buy them. In 2015 there were 17,260 pregnant teenagers admitted to hospitals in Jalisco.
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(Read the full GR article here: Teenagers shunning condoms).

CEDEJO's Pregnancy Prevention Program
​helps to educate young people about their vulnerability to contract HIV and to the risks associated with unintended pregnancy. The choices adolescents make have critical implications for their sexual and reproductive health.

Give a Donation Today
to help CEDEJO educate and empower Jalisco's youth
​to make smart, educated choi​ces.

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