[hr-education] HRE pilot project in Ukraine

KYIV, 10 October 2005 - Increasing children's awareness of human rights is
the focus of a training course for Ukrainian teachers held in Kyiv. The
project, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with the
Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science and the La Strada Ukraine, a
local non-governmental organization, serves as a model for a human rights
curriculum that could be implemented throughout Ukraine and the OSCE
region.

As part of a major human rights education pilot project, called "Our
Rights", initiated by the Slovenian Chairmanship of the OSCE, the training
course seeks to spread knowledge of human rights issues among children
aged 10 to 12.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will be introduced in public
schools throughout the OSCE area using an innovative student material and
teaching manual. Teachers from 30 Ukrainian secondary schools, who
received training on teaching human rights to children with these tools,
will introduce the material to over 600 children in Ukraine.

"We are delighted with the co-operation of the Ukrainian authorities, NGOs
and international organizations present, including the OSCE Project
Co-ordinator's office, in conducting the pilot project," said Blanka
Jamnisek, Minister Counselor with the OSCE Task Force in Slovenia.

"We hope that this human rights education methodology and other teaching
tools developed for human rights education will be useful for Ukraine and
perhaps could be included for a larger number of children in the school
curriculum in the future."

The Convention, to which Ukraine is a signatory, defines the basic human
rights of children everywhere, including protection from abuse and
exploitation.

Initial training courses for educators have begun in many OSCE
participating States, and the student materials and teaching manual have
been translated into 16 languages spoken throughout the OSCE area,
including Russian and English.

OSCE Press release

 

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