By Rajyashree Datta | Project Leader
Twelve adolescent girls living in backward slum areas of Topsia in Kolkata were taken through workshops on Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR), in the month of February, when the Pandemic was somewhat under control. The workshop was conducted in collaboration with Ek Tara, an organisation working with marginalized women and children in the slums of Topsia and Tiljala in the city of Kolkata. The youngsters from this community face high risk of early marriage and teen pregnancy.
Adolescent girls were taken through the sessions on body awareness, sex and Gender stressors across life span, menstruation, HIV/AIDS and safe space. The participants were high on energy and enthusiasm, very comfortable with their bodies, their movements being open and free. Facilitators did not notice any hesitance in their body language. However, when speaking on taboo subjects like sex or private parts of the body, they were shy and were reluctant to speak.
The main objective of conducting SRHR for the youngsters in the backward communities was to make them aware of the pitfalls of early marriage and pregnancy, menstruation, personal hygiene apart from a discussion on creating awareness on the spread of HIV and AIDS.
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