Call for Applications : Know Your Body Know Your Rights Workshop!

'Positive Approaches to implementing Comprehensive Sexuality Education with young people'

Capacity Building Workshop, 6^th to 8^th September 2010, New Delhi

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rganised by The YP Foundation and  The International Planned Parenthood Federation- South Asia Regional Youth Network (IPPF SARYN) , supported by The Girls Decide Campaign.

About the workshop 

An approach to addressing sexuality that considers an abstinence-only or non-comprehensive approach to providing information to empower young people to address their health and rights is in an approach that no longer works to address the growing misconceptions on sexuality and health amongst young people, restricting access to youth friendly, confidential and safe health services. Based on this premise; the workshop aims to address the following issues:

§  The workshop aims at providing young people with an overview of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and Youth Friendly Health Services (YFHS), to empower young people working with initiatives that focus on young people's health and rights to access the skills, information and tools available.

§  Advancing young people's right to access comprehensive services and information regarding their sexuality, health and rights, particularly addressing that their sexual rights are human rights.

§  Realizing and investing in Human Rights as supporting choice, respect diversity, equality and justice that are often compromised on, and not seen as a part of young people's right to health.

The workshop comprises of interactive sessions that will be conducted by peer educators from the organization as well as external professionals and partner organisations working in the fields of Gender, Sexuality, Health and Rights, with a particular emphasis on work with access to information and services, research and advocacy.

 

applications are due by 24^th August 2010

Participants 

All applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 26 years at the time of submitting their application.All applicants must have prior experience of working with YFHS or CSE for young people, either as full time or part time work or volunteer experience. Please note that this is a mandatory requirement for participation. As per mandate, 17 seats are reserved for women and girls.