Summary

In Our Own Words: A Guide for Human Rights Education is a manual for helping facilitators lead educational workshops about human rights using the participatory leadership methodology promulgated by WLP.

Part 1: Facilitating Learning outlines the concepts of participatory leadership and knowledge building in the context of promoting human rights.

Part 2: Human Rights Fundamentals provides facilitators and participants with a working knowledge of human rights law and international legal mechanisms, and the organizations and agencies that protect and advocate for human rights.

Part 3: Human Rights in Context offers guidance on how to adapt human rights workshops and activities to different cultures and experiences.

This publication is frequently used by trainers and workshop facilitators in conjunction with WLP’s Beyond Equality and Leading to Choices manuals. 

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