Sarmistha from Odisha, India, and her girls’ group are making pads for themselves and are even planning to scale up their work on a commercial basis. Girls are also making their own menstrual health products, and even producing them for others. For example, Neelam, wrote a joint letter with a group of girls to the Honourable Chief Minister of Jharkhand regarding the lack of menstrual health products available and the barriers girls were facing to access them. Girls themselves are also taking action and raising their voices to demand their sexual and reproductive health rights. Thousands of women and young girls in the rural areas of Jharkhand are in a similar situation and things may be worse than what they appear as menstrual health is often not discussed openly. Adolescent girls must not face stigma and discrimination once they go back to school. This can be done by providing married girls with catch-up courses. Support girls that have undergone child marriage: Given the expected 2.5 million increase in child marriages in the next five years, married adolescent girls must also be supported in returning to school.
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For example, this can be done by providing free or affordable education, free meals, and ensuring access to water, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH) facilities and products. Make schools safe spaces: Batoma from Mali says “ school protects all children and especially us girls.” When girls return to school, they must be safe and accessible spaces. This can be accomplished through radio outreach, sending school materials home, and creating flexible schedules for girls. Communities and adolescent girls themselves must be included in highlighting the importance of girls’ education.ĭistance learning needs to be gender-responsive: Education needs to be provided in an equitable way, one that recognizes gender differences, biases, and issues that adolescent girls face and finds approaches to overcome these obstacles. What causes girls to drop out of school needs to be understood and mitigated. It is critical to spread awareness of the importance of girls’ education. These experiences make girls less likely to return to school after the crisis. Schools provide more than education they also provide adolescent girls with a safe environment.When girls are at home instead of school, they face greater risks of early pregnancy and gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation and child marriage. Watch the story of to learn more (available at 18th november). The More Than Brides Alliance partners in Pakistan fear there will be an increased number of girls dropping out of school, which will then increase the number of early child marriages, domestic abuse, and less representation of women in the workforce.
However, girls living in rural areas or poverty cannot access these lessons. For example, in India and Pakistan, there have been efforts to broadcast lessons on television. In contexts where girls have little to no digital access girls struggle to take part in distance learning. Watch the story of Amisha at 18th november to learn more. Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.This year she passed her 10th-year board exam with first division, but she fears their current financial situation will directly affect her studies. Kaana Foundation for Outreach Programs (KAFOP)īalanced Stewardship Development Association (BALSDA) Urmul Rural Health Research & Development Trust Rajasthan IndiaĪmuria Youth Alliance Development Organization (AYADO)Īfrican Association for Prevention of Elder and Child Abuse (AAPECA)ĪSSOCIATION OF RURAL OPPORTUNITY AND HUMAN INITIATIVE.ĪROHI-ASSOCIATION OF RURAL OPPORTUNITY AND HUMAN INITIATIVE.Īdvocacy, Research, Training and Services (ARTS) FoundationĬentre For Initiative Against Human Trafficking (CIAHT-Ghana)Īssociation for Behaviour and Knowledge Transformation (ABKT)įoundation for Orphans and Vulnerable communities in Uganda (FOVC Uganda)Ĭentre for Religious Cooperation and Tolerance (CRCT)Įnforcement of Patients and Health Workers rightsĬentre for Social Concern and Development (CESOCODE) Malawi
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