What might hardiness zones look like?
Any space that is supportive of girls’/women’s needs and healthy development can be a hardiness zone. For example: Small or large groups of girls and women that come together to talk and support one another, do something to benefit/challenge themselves or other girls, and/or educate the community about the needs of girls. For example, our annual Girls Unlimited! Conference and Hardy Girl Saturdays. A program or community space in which girls’ needs and health are central, or in which participants are educated about the negative effects of cultural stereotypes, media images, and/or practices that harm girls psychologically, emotionally, spiritually or physically. For example, our Hardy Girls film series and the Maine Girls’ Health Summit.
