YOUTH
PARLIAMENT
During 2014 YWCA’s Hive
Youth Services team was
engaged to support a
Port Adelaide Football
Club funded 20 week
Social Cohesion Program
at Kilburn Community
Centre.
When the call went out
for young people to play
football, organisers were
surprised when almost
all of the respondents
were young women.
YWCA delivered several
workshops during
the program and also
supported five young
women to participate in
YMCA’s Youth Parliament
in July 2014, at Parliament
House on North Terrace.
Salha Sumaifa, Edna
Fomba, Mary Kromah,
Chaelay Horveh and
Josephine Nyankor
Alei developed the
Multicultural Support Act
2014 Bill – with a focus on
the provision of Halal food
in school canteens and
a Multicultural Support
Worker in school settings
– and it passed.
YWCA also offered a
Youth Parliament Prize
of a double ticket to our
SHE Leads Conference,
awarded to a woman
who stepped outside
her comfort zone to
challenge herself to
develop her leadership
during Youth Parliament.
Congratulations Hannah
Sophia.
YWCA Adelaide staff
member Paula Rowe,
reflects on the Youth
Parliament experience:
support phase, working
with them to develop
an idea into a Bill, then
witnessing it all culminate
in the presentation of
their Bill during Youth
Parliament week - and
watching their confidence
and conviction come to
light as they debated their
Bill and followed all due
parliamentary processes
- including heckling from
the gallery! It was a joy to
witness their skills and
confidence developing!”
“A real highlight for me
was the recruiting of five
young African women to
form a Youth Parliament
team, the relationship
building through the
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