Reproductive Health Nepal Project #61178

Dulaari, SRHR Education and Access in Nepal

by SAATH (Social Service Awareness Raising and Advocacy for Tranquility and Humanity)

Dulaari, SRHR Education and Access in Nepal

Project Report | Jun 4, 2024
Gearing up for the workshop and distribution

By Samikchya Sharma | Program Manager

SAATH in collaboration with Danfe Works Enterprises Nepal, its sustainability partner launched access to menstrual hygiene and products last year after consulting with the project participants of SAATH.

After the consultation, one round of workshops and distribution was conducted in Janakpur among women and girls from Musahar communities of Dhanushadham.

After careful review and reflection, we will be continuing our efforts in supporting the decision-making and negotiation skills of women and adolescent girls through access to menstrual education and products. In doing so, Danfe Works will be a partner in the production of some of the identified menstrual hygiene products. We will not only be working in the project locations pre-determined, but also with the factory workers, manufacturers, and producers of Danfe along with the women and girls from rural and semi-urban communities across Nepal.

To initiate this process, we will primarily be leading a workshop to help women and girls understand the basics of menstruation and then provide access to menstrual hygiene products. At this stage, we have a group of women that we will be engaging with in June. Additionally, in support of Danfe we will also be producing some menstrual hygiene products for the women who receive our workshop.

We are grateful to you as your support helped us pilot this initiation. In case you want to help us reach out to additional communities and hundreds of other women and girls, continue supporting us and spread the word in your circle of family and friends.

Thanking you for your support to SAATH.

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Feb 8, 2024
SRHR in JANAKPUR

By Samikchya Sharma | Program Manager

In Nepal, women have limited access to economic and social opportunities, and forty percent can’t read. More than one-third of women are reported to have experienced some form of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse during their lives, one-quarter of those from their husbands. The Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in Nepal is 25%. Nepal ranks 110 on the Gender Inequality Index.

Violence against women and girls has been a global problem for a long time and more so in underdeveloped and developing countries. Nepal is no exception to the problem. Issues like Trafficking, Child Marriage, Domestic Violence, Intimate partner violence, and Sexual exploitation are pertinent in the country. VAW/G is not just limited to physical but mental and psychological abuse. Nepal in its Constitution has enlisted the Rights of Women as a fundamental right and guarantees rights in areas of health, employment, property, education, and social security.

Right to Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Act, 2018 of Nepal clearly defines Reproductive health as physical, mental, and social health conditions related to the reproductive system, process, and function. The Constitution of Nepal guarantees the reproductive rights of women under Article 38.

Sexual and Reproductive health issues are considered a leading cause of death and illness for women and girls of growing age. In countries like Nepal, greater barriers to sexual and health services are visible as a result of SRHR being a subject of taboo and the absence of knowledge and information on the subject matter.

Menstruation, a big and imperative part of female sexual and reproductive health is the core part of the proposed project. Women and adolescent girls from the age group 16-35 from rural and marginalized communities of Bagmati and Madhesh province of Nepal will access the outcomes of the project.

In this light, we initiated the project activities by engaging women and girls from Madhesh Province in Nepal.

We carried out a knowledge-sharing session in the first half and distributed menstrual hygiene products in the second half. This was the initial step that we took with your support.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT and wish to continue working on the health and well-being of women from vulnerable and marginalized communities in Nepal.

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