Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
strategies to protect themselves and others from potential abuse, exploitation, and harm in a variety of settings
Elaboration
strategies include:
- knowing their right not to be abused
- the importance of giving and receiving consent
- being assertive
- avoiding and reporting potentially unsafe situations (e.g., identifying gender-based violence)
- using the Internet safely by identifying tricks and lures used by predators (online and offline)
- awareness of intimate partner violence and potential risk factors (e.g., imbalances in the relations such as age, economic status, and being under the influence of alcohol or drugs)
- not stopping and talking to/ helping someone if they do not want to or feel it may be unsafe
- awareness of abusive and harmful behaviours, including those comprised in sexual harassment, abuse, and dating violence
keywords
strategies to protect themselves and others