Stepping Stones Program

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Stepping Stones (SS)Program

Working with communities on the issues of gender requires constant innovation

and participatory approach. Stepping Stones is one such training method which

can be applied all sections of population irrespective of language, culture or

education.

The training aims to equip the participants with communication skills,

relationship skills, Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Health Rights. It has

been specifically adapted for social and cultural situations. The training

provides an opportunity to look into the very core and essence of individual,

social/community issues and at the same time also provides a platform to voice

their opinion, share their perspective in groups.

Further it helps to arrive at multiple solutions borne out of varying

perspectives for the issue at hand. The Stepping Stones methodology can be used

with any age and gender group. Stepping Stones is a methodology, which

originally was developed to address the core issue of HIV/AIDS in Buwenda

village, Uganda (Africa ).

But later in the course of its work module evolved addressing many more issues

e.g. communication skills, relationship skills, gender, Sexuality etc. It is a

participatory, adult learning programme rather than lectures.

It is full of group activities rather than seminars. Stepping Stones believes in

fission-fusion methodology, where women & men discuss separately and then learn

from each other through fusion.

This has been proved to be very effective both in building perspective as well

as behavior change. Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA) organizes

training programs in Hindi and English for people who are interested in gettingÂ

trained as facilitators.

Those who are interested please write for more information to cyda@...

CYDA

e-mail: <cyda@...>