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This Facilitators Manual is for the 3-Months Life Skills Module, part of the 6-month course curriculum of EMPOWER’s Rural Entrepreneurial and Leadership (REAL) course. The Life Skills Module is three months of thirty-one (31) applied skills learning sessions focused on participatory learning experiences. The goal is to provide the participants with individual psycho-social and interpersonal development, and leadership skills.

A document outlining different child labor related issues, challenges in addressing them, desired outcomes, and communication objectives and messages relating to the child labor issues.

This report proposes a conceptual framework of forced labor in Mauritania from an academic perspective, with the aim of identifying the terms and support provided by the BRIDGE project for the implementation of Law 2015-031.

Training module in the 3-R Trainer's Kit.  This module provides practical knowledge and tools on basic money management, financial decision-making and safe migration for older youth and adults, especially potential migrants and their families. The first unit helps them to develop basic skills in economics and budgeting. The second unit provides practical steps for setting goals in life, and learning how to budget and save to achieve them. In the third unit participants learn how to set priorities when spending money, and how to avoid and handle debts.

Training module in the 3-R Trainer's Kit.  This module explains different forms of violence, including physical, psychological and sexual violence, and addresses drugs related issues. The main focus is on how to deal with violence within the family, at work and in education-related situations and how to prevent drug and alcohol abuse. The exercises aim to help participants identify ways to prevent and solve problems related to physical, psychological and sexual violence and to learn how to say “No” to pressure to use drugs and alcohol. 

Training module in the 3-R Trainer's Kit.  This module deals with reproductive health issues. The main focus is on family planning, reproductive rights and protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV and Aids. Basic information on pre- and post-natal care is also given. Exercises are provided to raise awareness on the dangers of unsafe sex. The main aim of the exercises in this module is to emphasize the responsibilities of both men and women in reproductive health and the importance of informed decision making. 

Training module in the 3-R Trainer's Kit.  This module deals with the changes that puberty brings. Teenagers become interested in sexuality, love and relationships and need to become smart in making choices in life. The exercises are especially designed for teenagers but most exercises can be used with participants of all ages. The subjects include: understanding physical and emotional changes that happen during puberty, sexuality and gender identity, relationships, safe sex, birth control methods and why it is a good idea for young women and men to prevent teenage pregnancy. Each unit has several exercises related to the main topic so that trainers can select which exercises are best suited for their target group.

Training module in the 3-R Trainer's Kit.  This module deals with household and family responsibilities, access and resources in the family. In the first unit participants will analyze the division of work and the distribution of resources among women, men, girls and boys in families. The exercises show how norms and values about gender and age influence the roles and responsibilities of everybody in the family and the extent to which different family members can access and control family resources and benefits. In the second unit, participants find out what forms of work are appropriate for children and can be considered as acceptable ‘child work’ and what forms of work harm their development and is ‘child labour.’ Participants will also realize what are main hazards for children, what are the worst forms of child labour and why these need to be abolished as a matter of priority.

Training module in the 3-R Trainer's Kit.  This module explains equality issues and concerns in life, with an emphasis on equality between men and women, boys and girls in the family. The exercises in this module are designed to help create a deeper understanding about what it means to be a boy and a girl, a man and a woman. Children, youth and family members will explore their own understanding and attitudes about their own and the other sex. They will analyze gender values, norms and attitudes on the status of women and men, and relations between them that prevail in their own families and their society. They will learn that all human beings have a right to develop themselves fully and find out how families can achieve this right for their members. 

Training module in the 3-R Trainer's Kit.  This module deals with self-awareness and identity of children, youth and adults. It aims to help especially young people to better understand and appreciate themselves, their community, and their social environment. Participants will be asked to explore their own character and identity, as well as their aspirations and means to realize them. It is important for children and youth to know who they are and what they want, and understand and respect that each individual is different. Although this module is designed primarily for children and youth, the exercises can also be used with adult women and men.