Empowering Voices: Human Rights & Inclusive Pedagogy is an interactive 5-day program designed for adult educators, trainers, and community leaders. Set in the vibrant, multicultural city of Lisbon, this course equips participants with practical tools, participatory methodologies, and human rights-based frameworks to address social inequality, encourage critical thinking, and build truly inclusive learning environments for diverse adult learners.

Duration: 5 days (25 hours)

Target:

– teachers working with all types of learners in both formal and non- formal context

– staff in educational institutions

trainers

Objectives:

– Apply Human Rights Education (HRE) principles to learning contexts and non-formal education frameworks.

– Identify and deconstruct implicit bias, discrimination, and barriers faced by marginalized learners (e.g., migrants, seniors, disadvantaged socio-economic groups).

– Utilize participatory, learner-centered methodologies (such as theater of the oppressed, story circles, and critical dialogue) to address sensitive issues.

– Design inclusive learning activities and curricula that promote social justice, active citizenship, and democratic participation.

-Network and collaborate with international education practitioners to build inclusive

European educational projects.

Programme:

Day 1 – Where Do Human Rights Begin?

09:00 – 10:30 Level 1: Presentation of training institutions, trainers and participants

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15 Introduction to the programme, warmers and icebreakers

12:15 – 12:30 Coffee break

12:30 – 14:00 Level 2: Human Rights in our everyday practice – Presentation of tools and approaches participants already use

14:00 Free afternoon

Day 2 – Understanding the Adult Learner

09:00 – 10:30 Level 3: Core frameworks – Human Rights Education (HRE), intersectionality, and addressing privilege in the classroom with practical examples 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15 Level 4: Deconstructing stereotypes and implicit bias in adult learning spaces

12:15 – 12:30 Coffee break

12:30 – 14:00 Creating safe and brave spaces for difficult conversations and vulnerable learners

14:00 – 18:00 Free afternoon

18:00 – 19:00 Tour Guide around Lisbon’s best-kept secrets

19:00 – 21:00 Dinner in a Typical Restaurant

Day 3 – Learning How to Teach for Empowerment

09:00 – 10:30 Level 5: Transformative pedagogy – Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy and Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15 Level 6: Storytelling and narrative methodologies for social inclusion

12:15 – 12:30 Coffee break

12:30 – 14:00 Practical tasks

14:00 Free afternoon

Day 4 – How Can Tech Be a Support and Not a Stressor

09:00 – 10:30 Level 7: Gamification and interactive tools for teaching civic rights and active citizenship

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15 Adapting learning materials to meet diverse accessibility, linguistic, and cultural needs

12:15 – 12:30 Coffee break

12:30 – 14:00 Addressing contemporary Human Rights challenges: Digital rights, climate justice, and migration in adult education

14:00 Free afternoon

Dia 5 – I’m ready to transform Education!

09:00 – 10:30 Level 8: Knowledge into action

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15 Level 9: It all comes together

12:15 – 12:30 Coffee break

12:30 – 14:00 Closing and evaluation of the course

14:00 Free afternoon

Course details:

Course Fee: €400 per participant (5 training days × €80/day)

Includes:

• Course preparation and delivery by qualified trainers.
• Five days of structured training, including workshops, practical activities and group discussions
• Training materials and educational resources
• Administrative and organisational costs
• Certificate of participation
• Europass Mobility
• Pre-course coordination and participant support.

Not included: Travel, accommodation, meals and local transportation. These expenses are the responsibility of the participants or their sending organisations.