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Do you need effective manuals and other education material to support your human rights work? Are you looking for tools and tips to take action in your community? Check out our Resources Library and learn new ways to educate about human rights!

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In this Library you will find an array of resources drawn from Equitas’ extensive practice in human rights education to support your work towards social change.  

In collaboration with our partners across the world, the resources included in this library aim to strengthen leadership for advancing human rights, with regards to gender equality and in community life; to strengthen human rights movements; and to improve the practice of human rights educators to engage and influence decision makers around human rights.  

These resources are at the core of our human rights education work. They are organized by language, thematic areas and resource type. We encourage you to use these resources, adapt and improve upon through your own practice, and share them out! 

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Bridging our Diversities: Building Equitable and Inclusive Communities

This chapter of Bridging our Diversities: A Compendium of Good Practices in Human Rights Education provides effective human rights education strategies for enabling the meaningful participation of all people in their communities, regardless of their status or position, ethnicity, age, income, sexual orientation, gender identity, language or ability. Also available in French

Published in

  • English, French
  • Children and youth, Equity diversity and inclusion, Methodology
  • Reference materials

Bridging our Diversities: Gender Equality

Learn how leading human rights educators promote gender equality through human rights education. This chapter of Bridging our Diversities: A Compendium of Good Practices in Human Rights Education provides concrete examples of how gender equality can be integrated into all phases of a human rights education initiative. Also available in French

Published in

  • English, French
  • 2SLGBTQI+, Gender equality, Methodology
  • Reference materials

Bridging our Diversities: Addressing Global Challenges

This chapter of Bridging our Diversities: A Compendium of Good Practices in Human Rights Education, provides effective strategies for addressing 21st century problems including poverty, conflict, discrimination, backlash to women’s rights, scapegoating of refugees, shrinking space for human rights defenders, and the rise of populism. Also available in French

Published in

  • English, French
  • Digital technologies, Methodology, Peace and security
  • Reference materials

Bridging our Diversities: A Compendium of Good Practices in Human Rights Education

This comprehensive publication builds on years of research and analysis conducted by Equitas in close collaboration with organisations in the Global South as a follow-up to an international conference organized in 2017 by Equitas and the OHCHR, supported by Global Affairs Canada. It addresses the following topics among others: women’s rights, indigenous rights and engaging decision-makers. Also available in French

Published in

  • English, French
  • Equity diversity and inclusion, Evaluation, Methodology
  • Reference materials

Peace Days activity 2022 : Exclusion by numbers

This activity, taken from Equitas’ Building Inclusive Communities guide and adapted in the context of Peace Days 2022, asks children to think about situations of racism, discrimination and exclusion, to explore what it feels like to be treated unfairly, and to discuss how to adopt more inclusive behaviors. Also available in French.

Published in

  • English, French
  • Children and youth, Equity diversity and inclusion, Peace and security
  • Activities and workshops

Guidelines for ethical use of images

These guidelines establish best practices for capturing and disseminating images (photos or videos) with the most informed consent of those featured in the images with conscious thought given to all ethical considerations. Also available in French.

Published in

  • English, French
  • Digital technologies, Equity diversity and inclusion
  • Reference materials

Infographic for Strategically Taking Action on Human Rights Issues: Lessons from the Spring 2022 EquiTalks

This infographic synthesizes experiences and strategies shared by the diverse human rights defenders who contributed to the Spring 2022 EquiTalks panel discussion as panelists. This infographic seeks to provide answers to the questions: How can you take action to challenge injustice? How can you protect and promote human rights? Also available in French.

Published in

  • English, French
  • Participation and community engagement
  • Toolkits and guides

How to Dismantle Racism using a Human Rights-Based Approach

Addressing racism today requires an understanding of how human rights are violated by racist ideas and discriminatory acts. Being anti-racist begins with an awareness of several forms of racism, which includes individual, interpersonal, institutional, and systemic. This tip-sheet was created after a partner workshop called “Human Right Education as an Intersectional Anti-Racism Tool”. Also available in French

Published in

  • English, French
  • Equity diversity and inclusion
  • Reference materials

The Learning Spiral

This video explains the Learning Spiral, a learning model that engages learners in actively constructing their learning experience, fostering them to apply their newly gained knowledge into practice. Also available in French

Published in

  • English, French
  • Methodology, Participation and community engagement
  • Presentations and recordings

The 5-Steps Process

This video explains the 5-step process that enables community members to identify the human rights and gender equality issues affecting their community using a participatory approach. Also available in French.

Published in

  • English, French
  • Gender equality, Methodology, Participation and community engagement
  • Presentations and recordings

Splash and Ripple

This video about the Splash and Ripple analogy helps us understand the concept of change that human rights education produces over time and how this change can be measured at different levels. Also available in French.

Published in

  • English, French
  • Evaluation, Methodology
  • Presentations and recordings

“The pandemic is galvanizing change”: Shifting to a critical and decolonial approach to human rights education with youth

Published in the The Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights , this article considers the interdependence of the rights to participation and non-discrimination and the need to recalibrate youth programs to consider age alongside race and other aspects of identity.

Published in

  • English
  • Children and youth, Equity diversity and inclusion, Methodology
  • Articles and reports