Human rights programme advocates for the promotion, the protection and the realisation of the rights of youth of African descent. To advocate for these rights, passion alone is not enough to dismantle systemic injustice. One needs a solid foundational knowledge and tactical approach to creating change.

 Human rights education and activism 

Our human rights work is split into two interconnected pillars: education and activism. Before fighting for a right, one has to understand how it is defined, protected and violated. Our human rights education is not about memorising human rights treaties; it is about contextualising these treaties and translating them into plain language for the racialised communities to understand exactly what they are entitled to. Activism: engine that drives change. It is the process of applying the skills gained in human rights non-formal education through civic participation to pressure systems to uphold civil liberties, racial minority rights, and LGBTIQ rights, encompassing the rights of youth of African descent.

 Anti-racism education and artivism  

Anti-racism is an active, ongoing commitment to identifying and dismantling racism in all forms. Anti-racism education facilitates youth to unlearn racially prejudiced narratives and/or build the vocabulary for contextualising systemic racism. Anti-racism artivism blends artistic expression with activism to combat gendered racial discrimination and gendered racism, and to undo internalised racism and racial trauma. Through our counter-racist narrative podcasts and campaigns, interactive theatre, and storytelling workshops, we explore how the intersection of discrimination, racism, gender violence, xenophobia, hate speech create unique, compounded oppression for racialised and queer youth.

 Sexual and menstrual health and rights 

We integrate literacy on sexual and menstrual health and rights, and on sexual and menstrual violence to address obstacles to sexual and menstrual health and rights among youth. This literacy draws attention to experiences of and social, economic, cultural barriers youth face while managing their sex life and periods. We address the intricate, yet lesser-explored dimension of sexual and menstrual violence that compromises the sexual, menstrual and mental health outcomes of adolescents and youth. As menstrual stigma and period poverty result in sexual coercion, exploitation and violence in the context of domestic, work, school and public life owing to entrenched gender roles and norms.