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)