Sexmenstrual health And Gender literacy

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SAG: Sexmenstrual health And Gender literacy project aims to bring about an evidence-based, non-discriminatory, inclusive, and diverse menstrual health, sexuality, and gender education grounded in a rights-based, gender-sensitive, and participatory approach to facilitate responsible behaviours among youth by raising awareness of and empowering young people to claim, exercise, and enjoy their rights to sexual and menstrual health and gender education. Although the EU has some of the world's highest standards, policies, and programmes that uphold SHR, there are still many challenges. Existing negative stigma surrounding menstruation influence sexual and reproductive health decisions, which are strengthened by a lack of access and affordable health care services; disparities and inequalities in the realisation of SHR; menstrual health management; and insufficient protection measures against sexual abuse and violence both across the EU and within Member States. Therefore, the project’s overall objective is to build and strengthen young people’s capacity and skills to be aware of and empowered to claim, exercise, realise, and enjoy their sexual health and rights through inclusive, diverse community-based participatory interventions by addressing socio-cultural norms and power dynamics that limit young people from developing the health behaviours necessary to achieve an adequate state of sexual and menstrual health and well-being, and gender diversity. Hence, the project specific objective is to provide the youth workers and youth-oriented organisations with Open Educational Resources and digital youth work tools in the context of non-formal education, and train them in using and applying them to address sexual and menstrual health and gender-related education in their youth work: sexual anatomy, consent, intimate relationship, and menstruation; sexuality, contraception, and STIs; and gender diversity and Gender-based Violence prevention.