The Leaders Book
For teachers, coaches, youth workers and any woman leader who wants to host the workshops. Every session is described step by step, with activities, discussion questions and tips for creating a safe space.
Two books. Fifty workshops. A year of brave conversations.
Written by 100 women from Denmark and Sweden, tested by 50 ambassadors in over 30 countries and illustrated by three volunteer designers. Made for any group that brings teenage girls together.
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The Girls Book
Every girl's own book: an illustration and a quote for each workshop, and space at the back for notes, thoughts and drawings.
In use
The books in girls' hands
Every workshop starts with a page like these.
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The books climb Maslow's hierarchy of needs, from basic needs at the bottom to becoming your own best friend at the top. Ten workshops in each chapter, one a week, in any order you like.
Chapter 1
Our basic needs
Sleep, food, periods and bodies: the things every girl deserves to understand.
- 1My Sleep
- 2My Fuel
- 3My Sanitation
- 4My Period
- 5My Sexual Health
- 6My Fertility
- 7My Boobs
- 8My Mind Hunt
- 9My Heart
- 10My Well-being
Ten workshops of about an hour each, in the order of the book.
It always starts with a safe space
Every workshop opens with exercises that build trust and belonging before the topic begins, because girls arrive carrying their whole day with them. The idea is “kind interpretation”: choosing to believe everyone in the room means well.
No right or wrong way to use them
Some groups go from workshop 1 to 50. Others pick the topics their girls need most, or weave them into an existing curriculum on health, rights or leadership. The books work in schools, sports clubs, children's homes and NGOs, and with girls aged 8 to 27.
Since December 2022
- 1,650
- books printed in the first edition
- 1,176
- books sent to partner organisations
- 9 in 10
- of them donated free of charge
Next: the books in more languages
Right now the books exist only in English. Partners in Argentina and India told us that is the biggest barrier: the girls can't read them. Translating the books into Spanish, Hindi, Swahili and more is our next big goal.
Help us translate the books →Want the books for your group?
Organisations that can pay buy the books, and that helps fund books for those who can't. If your group has no budget, apply anyway: most of our books are donated.
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