Bilal aurang zeb

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Comprehensive Sexuality Education in the Global
South Empowering Young People

• Bilal aurang zeb

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Structure of the Presentation

• Part 1
• The current situation
• Part 2
• Sharing my experience of Sexuality Education
  Implementation in Pakistan
• Part 3
• Sharing my experience of establishing youth
  network in Pakistan
• Part 4
• EUs Role

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Some Facts and Figures

• With over 156 million people, Pakistan is one of
  the most populous countries in the world.
• In Pakistan, youth population is about 25 million
  in ages 15-24 and about 34 million between ages
  10-24 years
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• Pakistan is one of the poorest, with 66 of the
  total population living on less than US2 a day.
  It ranks 135 in the Human Development Index
  Ranking.
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• The low levels of knowledge about SRH and of
  access to services are illustrated in the high
  maternal mortality ratio of 500 deaths per
  100,000 live births.

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Some Facts and Figures Contd

• The estimated abortion rate is 29 per 1,000 women
  (aged 15 to 49), meaning that if the rate
  persists, every Pakistani woman will have
  experienced an abortion in her lifetime.
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• About 197,000 women are treated every year for
  complications resulting from unsafe abortions in
  public and private health facilities.
• Estimated Number of HIV cases (Adults and
  children) 85,000
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• About 6.463 million children do not go to school.
  50 dropped out at class V

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SEX!!SEXUALITY EDUCATION!
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Case World Population Foundation Field Office,
Pakistan

• Entry Point Life Skills Based Education
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• Public Private Schools in 6 districts of
  Pakistan.
• This programme is characterised by 161
  participating schools and an enthusiastic cadre
  of 381 volunteer teachers teaching more than
  16,000 students.

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Challenges to SRHR of Young People

• Physical and sexual abuse
• Unsafe sex
• Early marriages and early pregnancies
• Drugs
• Body changes during adolescence
• Abortion
• HIV/AIDS
• STIs STDs.

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Life Skills

• Life skills refer to abilities that enable
  individuals to deal effectively with the demands
  and challenges of everyday life. World Health
  Organization
• Knowledge, Attitude Skills
• Core Life Skills
• Self-awareness and empathy
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Critical thinking and creative thinking
• Decision making and problem solving and
• Coping with emotions and coping with stress.

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Challenges Faced and Lessons Learnt

• Taboo? Backlash!
• General misperception about funding from North
  Peoples Participation (local politicians,
  religious leaders, local and national government
  officials, principals, teachers, parents and
  students).
• Language matters!
• Personality Development Programme instead of
  Sexuality Education

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Challenges Faced and Lessons Learnt

• Culturally sensitive strategies e.g. separate
  sessions for males and females
• Religiously sensitive quotes from Hadith, Quran
  and Bible
• Values clarification teachers, principals and
  parents
• Volunteerism Sustainability
• Keep decision makers and media involved

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Part 3 Sharing my experience of establishing
Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) in PakistanYouth
Participation!
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Roadblocks to Youth Participation

• Policy Framework
• Youth Policy (1993 2002 2006)
• Participatory Democracy
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• Partner Organizations/Donors
• Lack of Youth Participation in Decision-making
  Mechanisms
• Tokenism
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• Organizational
• Capacity Training Building Organizational
  skills, and Knowledge
• Brain Drain
• Lack of proper structures
• Coordinating role/Leadership
• Distances
• Time

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EUs Role

• Strengthening Policy Framework
• At EU Level Policies clearly focusing on youth
  in the Global South and their SRHR
• Investment at National Level Governance
  Democracy Programmes ensuring youth participation
  through transparency, accountability and
  legitimacy
• Sexuality Education
• Advocacy Programmes inclusion in core national
  curriculum
• Implementation on national level
• Teachers Training Programme
• Awareness-raising through media
• Research leading to the development of
  culturally-sensitive material
• Youth Participation
• Capacity-building Programmes
• Financial Resources to set-up youth networks
• Call for Proposals particularly focusing on
  collaboration of north and south youth-led
  organizations

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