SEXUALITY AND LIFE-SKILLS

Supporting community action on AIDS in developing countries SEXUALITY AND LIFE-SKILLS Participatory activities on sexual and reproductive health with young people Acknowledgements This toolkit is the result of teamwork between sexual and reproductive health practitioners working with young people in Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Uganda. The first version of the toolkit was developed with International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia, Young, Happy, Healthy and Safe, the Ministries of Health and Education, and peer educators and young people in rural Eastern Province, Zambia. The toolkit was tested by peer educators and revised on the basis of their experience and the lessons learned in monitoring. The toolkit was further developed with the Alliance Regional Youth Programme partners in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, and with the CORE Initiative in Uganda. We wish to acknowledge the ideas and creativity of all the practitioners who have developed the toolkit and those who have been developing participatory activities over many years and in many countries. We do not know the source of many of these activities but would to like to acknowledge three resources in particular: Happy, healthy and safe: youth-to-youth learning activities on growing up, relationships, sexual health, HIV/AIDS and STD life-skills. Family Health Trust Zambia (1998) Lusaka, Zambia. Choices: a guide for young people. Gill Gordon (2007) Macmillan Education, Oxford, UK. Stepping Stones: a training package on HIV/AIDS, communication and relationship skills. Alice Welbourn (1995) Strategies for Hope. The production of this publication was made possible through the support of Comic Relief, The Morel Trust, DANIDA, Sida and BUZA. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of these donors. © International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2008 Registered charity number 1038860 Information contained in this publication may be freely reproduced, published or otherwise used without permission from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. However, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance requests that it be cited as the source of the information. Illustrations © Petra Röhr-Rouendaal 2008 Designed by Jane Shepherd, UK Printed by Dexter Graphics, UK Published: February 2008 ISBN: 1-905055-44-7 Trust and confidentiality INTRODUCTION Users and aims of the toolkit 4 What do young people need to learn about sexuality and life-skills? 5 Guide to using the toolkit 6 How to use the activities 8 Activity record sheet 12 Course planner 13 SESSIONS 1 Introduction to sexuality and life-skills 14 2 Introductions and hopes and fears 16 3 Trust 17 4 Working together 18 5 Ground rules 19 6 Listening pairs 20 7 Body language 21 8 I’m OK, you’re OK 22 9 How we are the same, how we are different 23 10 The road of life and possible futures 24 11 Puberty – physical changes 26 12 Menstruation 28 13 Wet dreams 31 14 Developing from a child to an adult 33 15 Growing up as a boy and as a girl 35 16 What we think is right for boys and girls 37 17 Where do we get our ideas from? 39 18 What do boys and girls think and feel? 42 19 Friendship between boys and girls 44 20 What is love? And how good a friend am I? 46 21 Saying what we want and how we feel 48 22 Ways to stay strong 52 1 Trust and confidentiality 23 Making decisions 54 24 Keeping to your decision 56 25 Sexuality throughout our lives 58 26 Respect 59 27 Talking with adults about sex 62 28 Shall we have sex or not? 65 29 Saying ‘No’ to sex until I am ready 67 30 Helping ourselves 71 31 Understanding our bodies and feelings 74 32 The quiz 78 33 Talking about our feelings and sexuality 80 34 Sexual friendships with the same sex 81 35 Having a happy sex life 83 36 Let’s use a condom 85 37 Having sex only with each other 92 38 Early marriage 94 39 Having sex with older people 97 40 Using sex to get on in the world 99 41 Income generation 102 42 Understanding and fighting corruption 103 43 Human activity as a way to alleviate poverty 104 44 Good touch, bad touch 105 45 Protecting ourselves from rape 109 46 What to do if someone is abused or raped 111 47 Solving problems 112 48 Children by choice, not chance 115 49 Taking responsibility for pregnancy 120 50 Coping with teenage pregnancy 122 51 Sexually transmitted infections 124 52 Getting proper treatment for STIs 128 2 Trust and confidentiality 53 Protecting ourselves from STIs 129 54 Protecting ourselves from HIV infection 132 55 How is HIV transmitted in the community? 137 56 Journey of hope and future islands 140 57 Living with HIV infection 142 58 Prevention of parent-to-child transmission 146 59 HIV stigma and discrimination 148 60 HIV and human rights 153 61 Drug use and abuse 156 62 Coping with anger 159 63 Our feelings and responses to criticisms 162 64 Violence 164 65 Conflict resolution 167 RESOURCES 169 3 ... - tailieumienphi.vn