Strengthening Adolescent Girls with Sex Education

Project Report | Aug 30, 2019
Kolkata Sanved Sept_Report

By Rajyashree Datta | Project Leader

Kolkata Sanved (KS) implemented its module on “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” in collaboration with Jeevika Development Society (JDS) at its school centers in the remote village in West Bengal. The name of the school was Bakrahat Girl’s High School. The sessions were supported by funds from Global Giving. This module was for adolescent girls in the remote rural school. 42 attended the sessions.

The bodies of adolescent girls go through various changes during puberty. Often young girls have little knowledge about what these changes are and why they are happening. Along with this adolescent girls face many pressures due to the misconceptions in society regarding the roles of women. Having limited access to safe spaces for questioning, many young girls get their information from incorrect sources which often puts them at a risk. Therefore the aim of this module was to give vulnerable young girls especially from marginalized section of Society, access to knowledge about their bodies. Having this knowledge they would be better equipped to take care of their health and well being. In an effort to expand the uses of Dance Movement Therapy Kolkata Sanved realized that DMT could be a powerful educative tool. Therefore KS uses the “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)” module where dance is not used therapeutically but used for the process of awareness building to enlighten young girls on these issues. For example they did not know the correct names of their body parts or the scientific processes behind menstruation and the spread of HIV.

KS had an enriching journey working on the SRHR module with JDS. Further collaborations in this regard will contribute greatly to empowering more vulnerable adolescent girls.

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