The sub-components of the Gender & Life Skills Development Program are:
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- Integrated Life Skill Education
- User-Friendly Service Promotion
- Male Female Engagement Promotion
- HIV/AIDS & STD Prevention Education The specific objectives of the Gender & Life Skills Development Program are:
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- To enhance the knowledge, skill, and attitude of
adolescents & youth on HIV/AIDS, STDs, sexual and reproductive Gender issues
- To prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, support and give priority for the victims of HIV/AIDS both at the program and organizational level
- To make all programs HIV/AIDS sensitive
- To enable adolescents & youth to make evidence-based and informed decisions with responsible choices regarding their sexual and reproductive Gender
- To empower the local community and parents to initiate and bring a more sustainable change in positive behavior and practices of adolescents & youth towards sexual & reproductive Gender
- To capacitate Gender service providers in improving user-friendly services
- To promote Gender engagement
- To empower women to claim their rights and fight against any form of gender-based discrimination and mistreatment
- To encourage women to play an active role in DEC programs and among the community
- To enforce the implementation of organizational gender policy at all levels