Meant to be a practical tools kit for young people, Kathy Attawell and associates hold that the book will help youth, peer educators and the adults working with young people, to integrate gender issues into sexual and reproductive health programmes.
THE NOTION of gender, which is a social construct, has an enormous impact on male and female behaviour, says the book that is written by a team of authors and editors.
Meant to be a practical tools kit for young people, Kathy Attawell and associates hold that the book will help youth, peer educators and the adults working with young people, to integrate gender issues into sexual and reproductive health programmes.
Published by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, the book, is a valuable guide for the trainers since it is aimed at raising the awareness about gender issues through practical ideas and activities for the on-going adolescent and youth programmes.
The book is divided into three sections on gender; gender and relationships; sexual and reproductive health. Since it is more of a training manual, rightly, each section of the book has the background information, fact sheets and activities.
Since many institutions are providing life skill trainings to their students, for them the book can be a valuable aid.