reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International
reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International
reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International
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Module 16/Unit 1<br />
Specific Objective #4: Identify the <strong>reproductive</strong> rights of<br />
<strong>adolescents</strong><br />
CONTENT<br />
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills<br />
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS OF THE<br />
ADOLESCENT CLIENT<br />
A right is something that an individual or<br />
a population can legally and justly claim.<br />
For instance, individuals can claim<br />
equality within a population or such civil<br />
liberties as the right to vote.<br />
Reproductive rights are those rights<br />
specific to personal decision-making and<br />
behavior in the <strong>reproductive</strong> sphere,<br />
including access to <strong>reproductive</strong> <strong>health</strong><br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation, guidance from a trained<br />
professional, and RH <strong>services</strong>.<br />
In addition to rights established within<br />
individual countries, major international<br />
conventions have articulated<br />
<strong>reproductive</strong> rights, including those that<br />
are specific to <strong>adolescents</strong>. These<br />
policies provide the basis <strong>for</strong> the<br />
following adolescent rights:<br />
• The right to good <strong>reproductive</strong> <strong>health</strong>.<br />
• The right to decide freely and<br />
responsibly on all aspects of one's<br />
sexuality.<br />
• The right to in<strong>for</strong>mation and<br />
education about sexual and<br />
<strong>reproductive</strong> <strong>health</strong> so that good<br />
decisions can be made about<br />
relationships and having children.<br />
Training/Learning Methods<br />
(Time Required)<br />
LARGE GROUP DISCUSSION<br />
(20 MIN.)<br />
The trainer should:<br />
• Introduce the concept of <strong>reproductive</strong><br />
rights as specified in the content<br />
section on the left-hand side of the<br />
page.<br />
• Ask Px to identify <strong>reproductive</strong> rights<br />
that apply to <strong>adolescents</strong> and write<br />
answers on a flipchart.<br />
• Using Transparency 1.3: <strong>International</strong><br />
Policy Consensus on Adolescent<br />
Reproductive Rights and the content<br />
on the left-hand side of the page, fill<br />
in any missing in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
1.3<br />
• Ask Px the following questions:<br />
How are adolescent <strong>health</strong><br />
<strong>services</strong> affected when providers<br />
believe clients have the same<br />
rights to <strong>services</strong> as adults<br />
How are <strong>services</strong> affected when<br />
providers believe that adolescent<br />
clients have no rights<br />
• The right to own, control, and protect<br />
one’s own body.<br />
• The right to be free of discrimination,<br />
coercion, and violence in one’s<br />
sexual decisions and sexual life.<br />
<strong>Pathfinder</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
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Adolescent Curriculum