Most young people feel strongly about issues which they believe are unfair in their lives.
Developing Rights starts with young people's own concerns and examines them in terms of rights issues, in a social and global context. Through looking at how young people are claiming their rights around the world, pupils are encouraged to consider rights issues in their own lives. Pupils will discover how to take responsibility for claiming and maintaining rights for themselves and others by learning from the examples of other young people, both in the UK and around the world. The original case study material focuses on the lives of young people from different countries around the world, in particular from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa. The examples of the positive actions that these people are taking will help to counter any negative preconceptions about the South that UK pupils might hold.