20061129_Teacher perceptions of age-appropriate reproductive health information for girls in Pakistan – what is the right age?
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A paper on research from Project Aagahi presented at the Population Association of Pakistan’s 7th Annual Population Research Conference, 'Population at the Crossroads of Development' November 28-30 2006 University of Peshawar Campus, Peshawar, Pakistan. Section VI: Investing in Youth Wednesday 29 November 2006 1400 – 1600 Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Hall
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20061129_Teacher perceptions of age-appropriate reproductive health information for girls in Pakistan – what is the right age?
- 1. Teacher perceptions of age-appropriate reproductive health information for girls in Pakistan – what is the right age? by Christopher John Wardle Country Representative for Pakistan World Population Foundation (WPF) and Ghazala Nadeem External Relations Manager Procter & Gamble (P&G) A paper on research from Project Aagahi presented at the Population Association of Pakistan’s 7th Annual Population Research Conference 'Population at the Crossroads of Development' November 28-30 2006 University of Peshawar Campus, Peshawar, Pakistan. Section VI: Investing in Youth Wednesday 29 November 2006 1400 – 1600 Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Hall
- 5. Results
- 10. Extensive local experience in implementing Life Skills Based Education (LSBE) programmes
- 12. Advocacy for the inclusion of longer Life Skills Based Education (LSBE) programmes in Pakistan’s core curriculum; and
- 13. Debunking some of the myths associated with Adolescent Reproductive Health.
- 15. Inappropriate ;
- 16. Too sensitive ;
- 17. Culturally tabooed ; and
- 18. Un-Islamic .
- 20. Teacher perceptions of age-appropriate delivery of menstrual education to young women; and
- 21. Whether there was broader interest in Life Skills Based Education .
- 23. Why do you need to ask about what is useful for the girls, their elders know what is best for them .
- 24. Girls will not be comfortable learning about the topic of menstruation – it is not culturally-appropriate and too ‘sensitive’ .
- 25. Girls will be too shy to be actively involved in such initiatives.
- 27. The subject is too broad to convey enough information in the time allocated to it.
- 28. As a guest in the classroom, facilitators will not be able to quickly put the girls at ease with the topic.
- 29. Your younger presenters will not be able to answer the girls’ questions – they do not know enough.
- 31. Girls should not be told about these matters in school – it is a matter for their mothers to tell them .
- 32. Girls should not be exposed to this type of information before age 14 .
- 33. Teacher workload is already high and they do not have the time for additional subjects like life skills based education.
- 36. Respondents were teachers observing the delivery of Project Aagahi in their own classrooms by trainers from P&G.
- 37. Observations were recorded on a standardised survey tool .
- 42. P&G has a broad qualitative measure of the value of the information conveyed to the students, which can be useful as a basis for assessing whether investment in this type of education session should be continued .