much of the focus of lifeskills training has been on the development of protective psychological skills communication skills and knowledge to avoid risk the programme was designed to reach unmarried girls between the ages of and with an emphasis on girls who were out of school and working it involved parents in programme development and teachers to lead the classes in many countries unfpa supports programmes to work with boys male adolescents and youth on sexuality family life and lifeskills education to question current stereotypes about masculinity male risktaking behaviour especially sexual behaviour and to promote dieir understanding of and support for women s rights and gender equality