How to Reach Young Adolescents: A Toolkit for Educating 10-14 Year Olds on Sexual and Reproductive Health

This toolkit addresses the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) needs of young adolescents aged 10-14 years. It is designed to serve as a guide, planning tool, and inspiration for national and international development actors and stakeholders working on SRH health issues with young people. In addition, it presents several overlapping approaches to increase young adolescents' sexual and reproductive health knowledge and improve their sexual behaviours.

The toolkit documents planning steps, activities, experiences, best practices, and barriers of the "Young Adolescents Project" that was implemented in Uganda from 2009 to 2011 by Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW). This project was based on a holistic approach to addressing SRH in school settings for, and actively involving, pupils, teachers, parents, the surrounding community and health personnel, thus creating a supportive environment for improved sexual and reproductive health and rights education for young adolescents in schools. Throughout the toolkit there are recommendations based upon DSW's experience in Uganda implementing the Young Adolescents Project.
The toolkit includes the following chapters:

• Introduction
• Pupils
• Teachers
• Community members
• Parents
• Health workers