Sisterhood Agenda has conducted the largest, most comprehensive ACEs study for women.
The results are in! Sisterhood Agenda’s landmark collection of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) data focused on over 23,393 global women ages 18 and over:
What did we find?
That most of us women have four or more ACEs is pretty shocking.
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You can overcome anxiety and panic. This will help to prevent panic attacks. It is a process, however, you do not have to live with stress and panic.
To overcome anxiety and panic, it is useful to understand how trauma works.
Trauma can be triggered by an accident,
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You deserve the best girl program you can find. This is the epitome of girl power.
The children are the future. Do you want to work with girls, yet are unsure about how to get started? Or maybe you run a girls’ empowerment program, yet are looking for something fresh and new?
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Do you know how to be a sister? Being a sister means being there for other women and girls who need you.
Sisterhood is a bond between women who share common goals and can come together to move the agenda forward.
Being a sister means knowing how to respect yourself and honor the whole.
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THE CONNECTION
ACEs and women often go hand-in-hand. Women experience more trauma than men. These traumas too often mirror the experiences of a childhood fraught with the same. ACEs are Adverse Childhood Experiences that put all of us at risk, particularly women of color.
ROUGH CHILDHOODS
Why? ACEs are traumatic experiences (for example,
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Many people may not realize that ACEs put women of color at risk.
THE CONNECTION
Studies confirm that women of color experience racism, sexism, regular harassment, and assault. Black women are particularly affected by these daily experiences and experience great stress as a result. These traumas are not new and too often mirror the experiences of a childhood fraught with the same.
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