This program was
conducted in various schools in our targeted villages, with an
objective to furnishing the knowledge on physical, mental, and
cognitive changes during adolescence. Moreover, other topics like
child abuse, child marriage were also dealt in these workshops. The
main objective of these adolescent meetings 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. The main topics
dealt were personality development, health and hygiene, HIV/AIDS,
contagious diseases, reproductive health care, physical growth and
mental changes, gender discrimination and sexual harassment. Nearly
51 adolescent girls benefited from this training program.
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