Young women aged 16 to 19 will get a chance to speak their minds, as the Women’s Resource Centre offers its first self-esteem and assertiveness workshops for teens.A workshop is set for this evening from 6pm to 8pm, at the WRC’s Point Finger Road headquarters, with a second workshop set for October 17.The meetings will address teens on issues ranging from self image, body image and lack of confidence, to not being able to comfortably express their feelings.Additionally and separately, the Centre is promoting a ‘caring men’ initiative.Executive director Patrice Frith Hayward said: “One reason is we want to dispel the perception by some that the WRC is ‘anti-men’,” she said. “We are not. Our motto is ‘Strong women, strong families, strong community’.“Men are a part of these families and the community. We have embarked on a campaign whereby we would like to have the support of men in the community — not only financially but physically as well, in an effort to show that we are all in this together.”She added: “When the women in the community are in crisis or in need of assistance, men are often affected as well.“We would like to have some caring men partner with us, so we can continue to offer the vital programmes and services that will assist the women in their lives to live emotionally healthier lives, which will benefit them and the children in their lives in the long run.”Ms Frith Hayward said the workshops were essential, not least because for younger women the pervasive access of social media was “oftentimes being used as their blueprint to life”.“We would like to empower them with the knowledge that they can be leaders and set their own standards. Once they are comfortable with who they are and what they have to offer, they can make clearer choices regarding behaviour and life plans.”Those who attend “won’t be forced to speak or share anything they are not comfortable with”, she added — and questions or thoughts can be submitted anonymously.For details, contact the WRC a 295-3882.