The Speaking Rights Toolkit (Toolkit) is a facilitation tool for conducting human rights education (HRE) activities and projects with youth 12 to 25 years of age. The Toolkit is an integral component of the Speaking Rights Program, an HRE program that aims at developing the capacity of youth to engage in actions that support respect for human rights. Other Program components include: basic and advanced-level training for youth workers; follow-up coaching and support mechanisms for organizations; a youth-centred online space as a digital tool (speakingrights.ca); a community action project guide to facilitate youth-led projects; and organizational support for youth-led community action projects. The HRE activities of this Toolkit are designed to promote human rights, nondiscrimination, and peaceful conflict resolution in communities through the active participation of youth. As youth work through the activities in the Toolkit they come to realize that their ideas and talents are key assets to society and that they have a responsibility to participate in building the kind of community in which they want to live. The ultimate goal of the Toolkit is to engage youth and support their leadership and actions aimed towards building more equitable and inclusive communities where the human rights of all are respected. The first edition of the Speaking Rights Toolkit was published in 2010. Since then the Toolkit has been used by youth-serving organizations in over fifty communities across Canada. Speaking Rights Toolkit activities have also been integrated into several educational tools for youth developed by organizations both in Canada and other parts of the world. Feedback data from focus groups, trainings and meetings with partners across Canada is integrated into new editions, making the Toolkit continuously relevant to youth’s shifting daily realities. The current version of the Toolkit is the third edition.
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Human Rights Education Toolkit for Youth
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