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Adolescent Girls Initiative for their Reproductive Health - Phase IIThis report summarizes the findings of a June 2004 survey to evaluate a non-formal education course on literacy and reproductive health. After completing the course, 96 percent of the girls could read and write. Many girls began attending school—93 percent of those aged 10–14 and 26 percent of those aged 15–19. Program participants increased their visits to health posts to resolve health problems, expressed a preference for later marriage, communicated more easily with their parents and were more knowledgeable about reproductive health, compared with the March 2003 baseline study. Conducted in Nepal’s Lalitpur and Baglung districts, the endline survey was designed to assess the impact of Phase II of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Their Reproductive Health Project (A GIFT for RH II), which was implemented by Aamaa Milan Kendra, managed by CEDPA/Nepal and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Overall, the project increased girls’ self-confidence and ability to access health services and information.
Date Published: 1 January 2004 Document Type: Research Report Issue: Education (including Non-formal), Family Planning & Reproductive Health, Youth, Women’s Rights Languages: English Country: Nepal Purchase Method: Download |
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