Youth | Sue Holden, consultant

Planning and Support Tool for Empowering Approaches to SRHR Education with Young People

Sue Holden Publications - English 10th October 20163rd November 2024Aidsfonds, Health Rights, Rutgers, Sexual Rights, STOP AIDS NOW!, Youth

Evidence and Rights-based Planning and Support Tool for Empowering Approaches to SRHR Education with Young People

STOP AIDS NOW! (now Aidsfonds) and Rutgers asked me to revise their Planning and Support Tool, which they had first published in 2009.

This involved a good deal of research, consultation and writing, to bring the document into line with the agencies’ changing approaches and to respond to users’ requests.

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This tool is designed to assist organisations that want to promote young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and to empower them to enjoy their (sexual) development, relationships, attain their rights and have a greater sense of wellbeing. It focuses mainly on the strategy of SRHR education, also known as (comprehensive) sexuality education.

To improve young people’s quality of life and (sexual) health we need effective programmes, but developing and implementing them is not easy. However, experience and evidence gained from work all over the world shows what contributes to effectiveness and what doesn’t. This tool summarises the most important evidence in a logical and easy to use way (much of it comes from research by Kirby and colleagues into HIV and sexuality education programmes around the world). It aims to help organisations to take well-informed decisions about the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of SRHR programmes, and to modify their work as needed. The outcome of using the tool should be more effective interventions which are empowering and rights- and evidence-based.

You can use the tool to analyse existing interventions, in order to identify what is already going well and what needs improvement. You can also use it to assist with designing new interventions.

Users have used the tool for various purposes:
• Analysing existing SRHR education programmes
• Designing of new SRHR education programmes
• As a framework to guide discussion with donor organisations
• Capacity building and improvement of their projects or programmes
• Documenting intervention planning afterwards
• Modifying an existing intervention to use in a different context
• Assessing project proposals
• For defining advocacy strategies
• Linking and learning between different organisations

However, this framework should not oblige you to implement programmes completely according to the tool; the particular context, implementation setting or mandate of your organisation may require choices that are not in line with the tool.

You can use the tool to analyse or plan a variety of SRHR interventions, for example: school based and out-of-school interventions; large and small projects; with different SRHR focuses; targeting children, younger or older people; for orphans and vulnerable children; or for young people who are at work.

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¡Logrando que suceda! Formando jóvenes para la incidencia política por la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos

Sue Holden Publications - Spanish 11th November 20153rd November 2024dance4life, Español, HIV, Youth

¡Logrando que suceda! Formando jóvenes para la incidencia política por la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos

Desarrollé este manual de capacitación sobre defensa para dance4life, basado en las actividades que habían desarrollado. Está acompañado de folletos y un diario de los facilitadores, y fue escrito originalmente en inglés.

(The Spanish translation of Making It Happen!)

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Algunos cambios sencillamente ocurren. el suelo se moja porque está lloviendo. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los cambios viene de alguien. la idea de construir un refugio para no mojarse en la lluvia, luego el trabajo para construirlo. Esta formación es acerca de permitir a los jóvenes que creen cambios, utilicen sus ideas y sus voces de manera efectiva para influir en otros y logren que las cosas sucedan.

dance4life está convencida que la incidencia política es esencial si queremos alcanzar cambios a largo plazo que beneficien a gran cantidad de jóvenes y la comunidad en general. El impulso para esos cambios debe venir de los mismos jóvenes. Ellos conocen mejor los temas que enfrentan y los cambios que se requieren. Con el apoyo de organizaciones relevantes, los jóvenes son los mejores representantes de los temas de la propia gente joven.

¿Cuál es el propósito de este manual de capacitación?

Este manual está escrito para facilitar al personal (de incidencia política) y los facilitadors de dance4life National Concept Owners (NCO – Propietarios de Concepto Nacionales) para capacitar a los jóvenes en la promoción e incidencia política nacional. Es una herramienta que puede utilizar para: Reforzar el conocimiento y la capacidad de los jóvenes a través del aprendizaje acerca de la incidencia política. Ayudar a los activistas jóvenes en averiguar qué quieren cambiar más con respecto a su salud y derechos sexuales y reproductivos (SDSR). Ofrecerles una participación significativa en la refinación, finalización e implementación de sus planes de incidencia política (NCO).

Crear un contexto de aprendizaje positivo

¿Recuerda lo aburrido que puede ser, recibir clases? ¿Cómo la voz del/de la profesor(a) sigue y su mente se distrae – lo frustrado que se siente porque no hay posibilidad de hablar? ¿O sentirse preocupado de que entendería algo ‘mal’? Esta capacitación no debería ser así ¡PARA NADA! Será divertida y creativa e involucrará a todos sin miedo o ansiedad.

¡Su papel no es ser profesor(a) o expert! En cambio usted es un(a) facilitador(a): alguien que hace un proceso de aprendizaje y descubrimiento más fácil. Los métodos en las sesiones de capacitación ayudan a que esto suceda. permiten a los participantes a descubrir las cosas por sí mismos, en lugar de que ser contadas. Su tarea es crear un contexto positivo para su aprendizaje, de las siguientes maneras:

Guíe por el ejemplo, con un enfoque positivo, con voluntad de escuchar y una actitud respetuosa.
Dele estructura a las sesiones siguiendo el plan de capacitación, explicando qué hay que hacer y controlando el tiempo.
Apoye a los grupos en concentrarse en la tarea que están haciendo, en lugar de desviarse del tema.
Esté abierto a las discusiones inesperadas pero importantes y sea flexible para adaptar el plan y explicar cambios si es necesario.
Gestione las manera de interactuar de las personas si se requiere, de modo que todos tengan la oportunidad de añadir su voz y nadie domine.
Responda a cualquier problema que surja, tal vez preguntando al grupo qué hacer.
Proporcione a cada persona la oportunidad de dar retroalimentación acerca de la capacitación y de mejorar el proceso.
Elogie a los participantes por sus esfuerzos y por las virtudes y el liderazgo que han mostrado.
Utilice el humor y el enfoque diplomático para hacer frente a conflictos dentro del grupo.

A Different Way: Young women, their sexual orientations and their sexual rights

Sue Holden Publications - English 21st December 20103rd November 2024Health Rights, Sexual Health, Sexual Rights, Youth

A Different Way: Young women, their sexual orientations and their sexual rights

Rutgers WPF asked gay and straight young people from around the world about what information would help girls and young women who have questions about their sexual orientation. I used their ideas and queries to write A Different Way, which was also translated into French as Vivre Sa Difference.

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All around the world, people’s ideas of sex, love and marriage focus on men and women. But this is not the whole story! There are different ways to be, including relationships between women, and relationships between men. But there is not much information available to help young women find their way.

We have written this booklet for young women who:

may be feeling different;
want to know more;
have questions about their sexuality;
and want to do what is best for themselves.

We want to give young women information about different sexual orientations. We hope it will help them to understand the issues better, and to make good choices, particularly if they are feeling unsure. This booklet should also be useful for people who work with young women, such as teachers and health workers.

Our values

We believe in human rights. They are things which everyone should have. Among them are sexual rights. Everyone should be able to choose their sexual partner, to decide whether or not to have sex, and be free to try and have a satisfying and safe sexual life.

Too often these sexual rights are abused. For example, young women are forced or pressurised into having sex, or required to marry a certain man. The situation is usually worse for women who are attracted to other women.

Sometimes information can help. In many cultures young people get a confusing mix of messages from films, magazines, friends, family members, and religious leaders. Some of this information is incorrect. Some of it is used to try and control them. Many adults think telling young people information about sex will lead to them having sex. This is not true! Many studies have shown that getting information about sex and healthy relationships helps young people to make better decisions.

What’s in this booklet

Chapter 2 is about sex and healthy relationships. It should be useful to all young women.

Chapter 3 explains what gender identity is, and outlines the different kinds of attraction or sexual orientation that are normal for humans.

Chapter 4 has a lot of questions and answers about women who are attracted to other women. They should be interesting to young people in general, and particularly to young women who are trying to figure out their sexual orientation.