Sexual Reproductive Health Education in Schools

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

We conduct weekly workshops in 35 schools to build the capacities for girls to improve performance of girls from under-served communities in rural areas, understand their sexual reproductive health rights and reporting systems of abuses including rape and all forms of gender based violence. We provide Sanitary Pads to over 2500 girls every year and provide solar lamps to 3000 students to improve studies at home because most of these children do not have access to electricity. Through our Youth Peer Provider program, youth peers go to schools to conduct debates, use our curriculum to train on sexual and reproductive health and rights and through our in-house youth friendly nurse, students are able to access sexual and reproductive health services.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

https://dandelionafrica.org/girls-for-leaders/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Other
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Teachers - female, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

  • Boys in school

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation
  • Raising awareness about menstruation (beyond just girls)
  • Sanitary product distribution

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Peer mentors

School-related gender-based violence

  • Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
  • Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased secondary school completion

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced intimate partner violence
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)