Orientation on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Girls

Orientation on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Girls

Lekhnath, Pokhara, Gandaki Province

4^th June, 2022

At Srijana Residential School for the Deaf, Lekhnath, Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Access Planet Organization organized a one-day orientation program on "Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights to deaf and hard of hearing girls." The orientation event was attended by 45 deaf and hard-of-hearing girls.

With objective to sensitize young women with disabilities on various dimensions of SRHR, the orientation covered following topics :

Human body and development

• Anatomy and physiology of sexual and reproductive organs
• Reproduction
• Bodily changes and psychosocial changes during adolescents

Menstrual Hygiene and Management

• Process and why and how girls menstruate
• Menstrual hygiene product, proper use, disposal (menstrual cup, sanitary pad)
• Taboos, myths and misconception related to menstruation, its effects and the ways to eliminate those taboos.
• Managing menstruation in hygienic way by girls and women with disabilities.

Contraceptive devices and other different SRHR components

• Family Planning, contraceptive devices and their types :Temporary contraceptive devices and permanent contraceptive devices
• Detailed information on The IEC board consisted the information of the temporary contraceptive devices with:

                     Name and information of temporary contraceptive devices in printed words.

                      Name and information of temporary contraceptive devices in braille.

                       Pictures of contraceptive devices

• Safe Abortion, legal provisions, taboos associated with safe abortion and ways to overcome.

Gender Based Violence and the ways to eliminate

• Sex and gender
• Good touch and bad touch
• Rape and the justice mechanism
• Safe use of information and communication technologies

Outcomes of the training:

• 40 participants were oriented, sensitized and were provided guidance regarding the sexual and reproductive health rights.
• The participants were able to learn about the body physiological changes during adolescent.
• The participants were able to learn about the ways of prevention from sexual abuse and institutions and mechanisms to support those cases.
• The participants have developed confidence to speak freely on the matter of SRHR.

Gratitude to Women Fund Asia for the Funding Support, School Authority for arrangement and coordination.