Below, you will find a variety of successful education tools on four major areas where we are focused on sharing our expertise:
- Gender equality
- Child and youth participation
- Building the capacity of human rights defenders
- Evaluation of human rights education
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Gender equality
- Women’s Rights in Muslim Communities: A resource Guide for Human Rights Educators – 2009
Also available in Arabic
- Combating Violence against Women in the South Caucasus: Regional Consultation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women – 2007
Also available in Russian
- Combating Violence against Women in Central Asia: Regional Consultation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women – 2005
Also available in Russian
Also available: Report of Proceedings
Children and youth participation
- Sample Play it Fair! Toolkit – An educational toolkit to promote human rights and respect for diversity, for use with children 6 – 12 years old.
- Play it Fair! Participation and Inclusion Reference sheet – Practical tips to help you ensure that children with different abilities (physical, cognitive, behavioural challenges) can participate and be included.
- Play it Fair! day Activity Guide and National Child Day Activity Guide – projects and guidelines for putting on a special event to celebrate the children in your programs and share what you are doing with your community.
- Child Rights Fortune Teller – developed in collaboration with the Society for Children and Youth BC and The United Way of the Lower Mainland
- Sample Speaking Rights toolkit – Interactive content that explores important concepts in human rights and human rights education. It features dynamicas, activities and projects designed to engage youth 13 to 18 years old.
- Youth Participation in Community Life: Implementing human rights projects in the Middle East and North Africa – Lessons learned and good practices
Also available in French and Arabic
Human rights defenders
- Promoting religious harmony in Sri Lanka: lessons learned and good practices – 2016
- East Africa Human Rights Program: Participant’s manual – 2016
- East Africa Human Rights Program: Facilitator’s manual – 2016
- East Africa Human Rights Program:Resource manual – 2016
- International Human Rights Training Program: Participant’s Manual – 2015
- International Human Rights Training Program: Facilitator’s Manual – 2015
- Human Rights In Social Work: Integrating a Rights-Based Approach into Social Work – 2010
- Integrating a Rights Based Approach into the Work of MOSA – 2009
Also available in Bahasa Indonesian - Health and Human Rights – A Resource Guide for the Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations – 2007
- Training of Trainers: Designing and Delivering Effective Human Rights Education – 2007
- Training of Trainers Generic Manual Generic Manual – RANHAM – 2008
Available only in Bahasa Indonesia - Human Rights Education and Promotion: Building the Capacity of the National Human Rights Commission Training of Trainers II – 2006
National Human Rights Institutions at Work: Asia-Pacific Workshop on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (4) – 2006 - Building Capacity for RANHAM (2004-2009) – Strengthening Human Rights Protection in Nanggroe Aceh – 2006
Also available in Bahasa Indonesia - Human Rights Education for Teachers: Training Manuals from Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan – 2005
Also available in Russian - Developing Teacher Capacity for Training Regional Workshop: Training for Teacher Trainers (III) – 2004
Also available in Russian - UN Road Map: A guide for Asian NGOs to the International Human Rights System and Other Mechanisms – 2004 (2nd Edition)
- Regional Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop: Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Migrant Workers – 2004
- Capacity Building for Roma Rights Advocacy – European Roma Rights Center Summer School – 2004
- Protecting Minority Rights and Defending Diversity in South Asia Regional Workshop for Human Rights Organisations (Revised Edition) – 2003