Adolescence is a crucial phase in the life
of woman. This stage is intermediary between childhood and womanhood and
it is the most eventful phase for mental, emotional and psychological
well-being. The life-cycle approach for holistic child development
remains unaddressed if adolescent girls are excluded from the
developmental programmes aimed at human resource development.
Keeping these thoughts in mind Vimukti Pothnal has formed adolescent
girls’ clubs in various targeted Schools of Manvi taluka and their main
objective is to educate and guide the adolescent girls to understand and
accept their physical maturity and emotional changes they undergo. They
also need to take good care of themselves during this period avoiding
all kinds of fear and superstitious beliefs, prevalent in the villages.
They must know their rights to save themselves from child labour, child
marriage, child trafficking, school dropout, etc. Nearly 650 girls, who
profited from the programme expressed that they were ignorant about
these things and were happy to be the members of this Adolescent girls’
clubs.
