Speak out!

You can:

• use the results of the Adolescent Health survey:
  

1. to tell Girl Guides and Girl Scouts what girls worldwide are saying in other regions and countries
2. to promote your membership of a global organization by using the key messages and statistics from the five Regions
3. to support a policy or position on an issue; WAGGGS will be providing position statements on all of the key messages soon
4. draw up a strategy, targeting the media with a key message supported by a statement or position on an issue affecting girls and young women that you want to see changed
5. send out a media pack with a press release, fact sheet, position statements and global case studies to the right media contacts
6. tell the media how you have been advocating on an issue
   follow up by telephone or email
7. use a spokesperson (either someone in the public eye or a Girl Guide or Girl Scout) 
8. use the internet and your websites to publish your press releases 
9. download the guide on Media Relations
10. conduct further research among Girl Guides/Girl Scouts in your country and publish the results

• raise awareness about the issues and how they can be addressed by the government, local schools, health services, communities and other youth organizations
  

• give a talk and speak out about health and wellbeing, drugs, adolescent pregnancy, HIV/AIDS or other health issues that are important to girls and young women, at your own events or at events organized by other groups. Talk about what change you would like to bring about
  
• encourage people who are well known in the public, such as celebrities, religious leaders, or educationalists to speak out on your behalf and to support the cause that you have chosen

• network with other groups and join in partnership with organizations that are also concerned with adolescent health