Educate School Girls on Reproductive Health

A microproject by The Advocacy Project
Educate School Girls on Reproductive Health
Educate School Girls on Reproductive Health
Educate School Girls on Reproductive Health
Educate School Girls on Reproductive Health

Project Report | Dec 27, 2016
Girls Moving Forward

By Dorothy Khan | Peace Fellow

Girls in Gumi, Nepal
Girls in Gumi, Nepal

The Girls Empowerment Program or (GEP) was started in WRRP with a goal of aiding girls to pass the Secondary School Certificate (SCC) exam, a test that allows students to advance into the 11th grade. Most parents in these villages assumed their daughters would never achieve such a feat, since girls’ education is not seen as a priority. Despite this ingrained assumption, over the last five years, the team of WRRP has been continually supporting and motivating the girls and their parents.

WRRP wanted to show them that with proper guidance and support these girls can equally excel in their education just as boys do. The underlying challenge for them was to change the mindset of the community. Although the total number of girls enrolled in education is increasing, the completion rate remains poor. Early marriage, poverty, and parents’ lack of awareness of the importance of girls’ education are just some of the barriers girls’ face.

Using the funds from Global Giving, GEP will provide stationery items, uniforms, entrance fees for school, and extra tuition for girls, so that they can excel in school. They will also motivate and encourage the parents to provide sufficient time and support for their daughters at home.

 Families too often feel that they cannot afford those simple items to let their daughters continue schooling, when all hands are needed to feed the family. Situations such as these aren’t uncommon in Nepal. In many places, family and cultural issues often prevent girls from continuing their education. Formal education is often seen as a boy’s role, while girls are expected to stay home in order to take care of household chores. Girls are often sent to government schools, while boys are sent to private schools to receive a better education. In the view of the families, a girls’ value truly develops when they fulfill their role as future wives and mothers, rather than as future citizens and producers.

Many of the girls echoed how this program has helped change their lives. Due to their participation in the program, they are more confident and are also more aware of the social issues that affect their lives personally. As a result, they are inspired to continue on with their education. By providing girls with crucial life skills, targeting them while they are under the age of sixteen and directly supporting their education, WRRP is making a real difference in the trajectory of these girls lives in Nepal. Increased confidence that stems from these empowerment programs helps the girls negotiate key life decisions and transfer the knowledge about the negative consequences of early marriage to both their peers and parents.

Programs like GEP enable these groups of girls to realize their potential as agents of change. Girls who receive life skills training and are beneficiary from the GEP program were ones less likely to get married. Of course, delay in child marriage was just one of the benefits. These girls were also more likely to stay in school, have a better understanding of gender equality and possess improved confidence and well-being.

With some of the girls from GEP
With some of the girls from GEP
School in Maintada, Nepal
School in Maintada, Nepal
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The Advocacy Project

Location: Washington, DC - USA
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Iain Guest
Washington , DC United States

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