Have you ever faced a taboo? Or did you ever want to talk about what sex is, its social consequences or how to speak without feeling guilty or embarrassed? Wondered if and how this topic is tackled in youth work?
Even if you are an experienced youth worker and young leader, you may lack the knowledge, tools and resources to tackle more sensitive (taboo) topics and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) talks. How do you address the issue of consent in a group of young people? Do you have an understanding of how gender roles or other cultural norms play a role in the dynamics of the groups? Do you know which tools to use?
The Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (YPAN) in cooperation with Libre-pensadores de la Sierra de Madrid (LPS) invites you to discover tools that will guide you towards a more inclusive society.. That is why we created:
Let’s Talk!
Training on Sexual health, Gender and Human Rights education.
What is this? A 5-day training course to talk about human rights education, sexual education, health and gender.
Who? 28 participants from: Spain, Bulgaria, Belarus, the Netherlands, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Lithuania, France, Italy and Poland
When? From the 25th of September — 1st of October 2021 (including travel days)
Where? Cercedilla, Madrid, Spain
Deadline: 15th August 2021
Application form: Link
WHY THIS PROJECT?
The YPA Network is and informal network experienced in promoting local and international peace building activities by young people around Europe. Though youth work, YPAN has tackled issues of gender equality, preventing discrimination and hate speech and much more. As YPAN, we feel the need to tackle health promotion and SRHR in youth work, as an interdisciplinary domain in our activities.
AIM ? To foster critical thinking and equip youth workers, trainers and youth leaders with competences and tools to address challenges of young people in the field of sexual and reproductive rights by developing set of resources linking the areas of gender, sexuality, and human rights to be further used in the peace education in Europe.
WITH AN AIM… COME THE OBJECTIVES
- to develop participants` understanding of concepts of peace, human rights and peace education at personal, interpersonal, planetary and institutional level;
- to gain practical skills in non-violent conflict transformation which could be incorporated into education with young people;
- to develop participants skills in non-violent communication and emotional literacy as basis of peace education;
- to develop participants’ competence to design, run and evaluate non-formal education and training activities in the field of peace education at European and local level;
- to create participants a space to exercise their gained in facilitation skills and implement them during workshops in local school;
- to develop the self-reflection and self-assessment skills of participants in their learning processes, meaningful cooperation with others and to be further able to transfer the gained skills into educational process of the others;
- to empower and mentor participants to act as trainers and multipliers of the peaceful values in their educational youth work by designing and implementing at least one concrete follow-up activity.
ARE YOU WILLING TO…?
- Join a group with an open mind, ready to take action, seeking for constructive learning, and willing to be changemakers
- Create a community with respect, love and “sharing is caring” mood
- Show your best skills to others, offer an ear to hear and questions to ask
- Find what “outside the box” really means
- Believe that youth is part of the change
- Have the time to meet cool people with a thousand stories to share
- Participate in the 5 days of the training and experience the nonformal education methods
THEN YOU ARE PERFECT FOR THIS PROJECT! (Apply here)
BESIDES, IF YOU …
- prefer not to be in an environment where ideas and values are discussed and challenged (in a safe environment)
- are looking for a formal training which provides formal education and recognition
- are not able to commit for the whole duration of the training and you cannot be present a full time training course
Then we recommend you to read “Guideline on sexuality education” and publication on “Sexual and Reproductive Rights”.
HOW WE WORK (we try to be different)
We will implement the basic elements of the non-formal education, such as the education being voluntary, organized with educational objectives, participatory and learner-centred, about learning life skills and preparing for active citizenship, based on involving both individual and group learning with a collective approach, holistic and process-oriented, as well as based on experience and action (we will plan the follow-up activities) and starts from the needs of the participants.
COSTS, WHAT IS THAT?
We believe in one thing, the power of peace education and the right for all to have an opportunity. That is why, thanks to the ERASMUS+ scheme, we are able to provide this training for you for FREE.
We will be able to reimburse you your travel to Madrid + Antigen test with a limit of:
– Bulgaria, Belarus, Greece, Lithuania, Poland — 360 euros
– The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy— 275 euros
– Portugal — 180 euros
– Spain — 20 euros
AND… WHO ARE WE?
Youth Peace Ambassadors Network
The Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (YPAN) is an informal network of 87 young peacebuilders from across Europe who work with and in conflict affected communities.
Majority of the members of the network are trained on human rights, non-formal education and conflict transformation by the Council of Europe in the long term project (2011–2014).
Our Mission: The YPA Network wants to develop a culture of peace by empowering young people, promoting human rights, dignity, equality and respect of diversity through education, advocacy and other non-violent actions through projects at local and international level.
As YPA Network we promote local and international peacebuilding activities by young people around Europe.
Libre Pensadores
The Association Libre-pensadores de la sierra de Madrid (LPS) is a cultural organization managed by young people from the north-west of Madrid region. The organization aims to the promotion of participative processes inclusive with youngsters and the spread of culture of respect, human rights advocacy and democratic values. The organization activities started in 2013 taking action from then in more than 30 events, workshops and actions in Spain and other European countries (The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal and the UK).
Our Partners in this project:
-Snts Mladezhki I Grazhdanski Initsiativi Rozavata Dolina — Bulgaria
–Consultation Centre for Contemporary International Practices and Their Implementation in Law Human Constanta — Belarus
-Casa Qui — Associação de Solidariedade Social — Portugal
–European Initiative for Youth Empowerment, Mindfulness and Wellbeing “GO Alive” — Greece
–VSI ‘’Misko istorijos’’ — Lithuania
–Youth Peace Ambassadors Network France — France
–Take Action Belgium — Belgium
–Peace Up! — Verein für Friedenspädagogik und gewaltfreier Konflikttransformation — Germany
–Youth Peace Ambassadors Network Poland — Poland
–Centro Studi Sereno Regis — Italy
–Stichting Digg Out — the Netherlands
DEADLINE… 15th of August 2021!
Apply here
Application results: to be announced on 20th of August!
CONTACT
José B. Sevillano — Project coordinator: [email protected]
YPAN: [email protected]
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LET’S TALK! is a project financed by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme.
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