Let's talk! Training on Sexual Health, Gender, and Human Rights education

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 YPAN Network is an informal network experienced in promoting local and international peace-building activities by young people around Europe. Through 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 competencies and tools to address challenges of young people in the field of sexual and reproductive rights by developing a set of resources linking the areas of gender, sexuality, and human rights to be further used in the peace education in Europe.