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Shareer Apna, Adhikaar Apne: A Policy Brief On Comprehensive Sexuality Education
At the time of writing this report, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was under review in the Supreme Court, which led to stories of the stigma and discrimination faced for decades by many people in India becoming more public. This moment also gave us pause to reflect. Why is public education, particularly government programmes that provide information on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) still reinforcing similar systemic discrimination or indirectly contributing to advancing the same?
In this video Dr. Nafis Faizi (Assistant Professor, Aligarh Muslim University) is conducting our Field Facilitators from FAYA Districts on COVID-19 precautions and myths.
The report shares the experiences and recommendations from a state-level consultation held in 2011 that engaged with 52 youth activists and leaders in Uttar Pradesh. It has been designed as a tool for young people to advocate with state and national level policymakers and government officials for the inclusion and/or strengthening of CSE within existing policies and programmes that address adolescent and young people’s sexual and reproductive health.
Find our campaign resource kit here, which answers all kinds of questions – from why access to Sexual and Reproductive Health information is important, to how to begin talking about sexuality with important people in your life!
The Know Your Body Know Your Rights (KYBKYR) programme works to empower adolescents and youth by delivering stigma-free and rights-affirming information on issues of health, sexuality and human rights, and enables them to advocate for their well-being at the personal, community, state and national levels. A key component of the programme is the delivery of a Comprehensive Sexuality Education curriculum for adolescents and youth led by a team of young programme staff and fellows. The programme is implemented with adolescents and young people across locations in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi, NCR.
In 2018, the KYBKYR programme launched a specific curriculum for young adolescents between the ages of 9-13 years. This has been successfully implemented with more than 350 young people from across schools and community settings in Delhi from. Acknowledging the demand for CSE, we are making this curriculum and toolkit available for others who wish to implement or adapt this intervention and approach. This curriculum brings together the cumulative experience and work of young people who have co-journeyed with us as participants and leaders to translate the vision of youth led access to information and rights on ground. It also stands on the shoulders of partner organisations and activists who did pioneering work on sexuality and gender issues as well as youth leadership and rights that we have learnt and drawn from heavily. We also acknowledge the support of our donors and partners (link to donors and partners page) who have made this work possible.
We are grateful to the TARSHI team for their review and providing critical inputs for reflection and improvement in the curriculum as we share it with the world.
