1. Knowledge

Human Rights

Students can:

1. Explain that human rights are for everybody and that each human being has the right to self-determination, making own decisions and should respect the rights of others, especially of girls and women.
2. Explain what human rights are, who have formulated these rights and who is responsible for implementing these rights.
3. List at least three rights related to sexual and reproductive health for young people.

Gender

Students can:

1. Explain the difference between sex and gender, the concept of gender roles and gender equality.
2. List at least two gender roles.

2. Attitude

Human Rights

Students can:

1. Argue that all people, including themselves, have the right to participate and be informed, supported, helped, protected and cared for by their families, communities and the government.
2. Recognise how sexual and reproductive rights apply to their own life and community and acknowledge the link between violations of human rights and gender inequality.
3. See it as their responsibility to respect, inform, educate others and advocate for these rights and to act if these rights are violated.

Gender

Students can:

1. Recognise that gender roles are determined by the cultural norms they share and the society they live in, including their family, friends, media, religion, community and other social structures and that cultures change over time.
2. Understand that gender inequality hinders the implementation of human rights for all and recognise the role of gender in their own lives.
3. Reject inequality between boys and girls and respect that every human being in the world is entitled to the same human rights, including boys and girls, as a matter of fairness and justice.
4. Recognise the importance of equality between men and women and can explain the demanding role of men and the vulnerable position of women and girls.
5. Reflect on the disadvantages and injustices of gender roles for both boys and girls and understand the opportunity for them to change/challenge these existing gender roles to the benefit of both of them as well as of the society.

Traditional harmful practices

Students can:

1. Argue that cultural traditions are meant to protect everybody, but that some are harmful,especially for girls and women.

3. Skills

Human rights

Students can:

1. Provide a scenario of how they would advocate for their own or others' rights or of how social standards could be changed regarding the unfair treatment of boys and girls, men and women in their own community.
2. Stand up for their human rights, including the right to gender equality.

Gender

Students can:

1. Demonstrate how to discuss the link between sexual and reproductive issues and gender issues with others.
2. Demonstrate how to interact with the opposite sex in an equal way, respectful of each other’s human rights.