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the right to education for women and The project was praised for
raising awareness on women’s empowering girls, indicated by
reproductive health issues, increased con6dence to air their views,
particularly birth-spacing and attend festivals, participate in school
contraceptive options. 33% of and aspire to employment. Girls
women and 29% of men have however are still undervalued by men in
demonstrated improved the community, highlighting the need
understanding of women’s health for further work to be done with men
issues since the start of the and boys to combat discriminatory
project. Children are also attitudes and practices.
increasingly aware of these issues, to
the extent that they can challenge
parents about the number of children The evaluation highlighted areas of
they have. The Social Activators have improvement which are currently being
played an important role in informing taken into account by Neeru Chaudhary,
women how to look after themselves the Head of Programmes at Childreach
during pregnancy and their India. The 6ndings highlight that
contraceptive options. The report ensuring women have access to repro-
also highlighted the potential role ductive or contraceptive services is
the Social Activators could play in essential, but that sex selective
connecting women who have abortion is one symptom of gender in
su9ered domestic violence to police. equality in the community and
therefore, the project can become even
The data found that the preference more relevant as a wider reproductive
for boys within families was seen as and maternal health project, addressing
the main driver of sex-selective speci6c community concerns by
abortions, largely because of the fact empowering women through skills
that only boys can continue the training and community advocacy to
family name. Girls were also seen to achieve systemic change required to
be a wasted investment because ensure the ful6lment of women’s
once they married they ceased to be rights.
part of the parental household. The
role of girls and women in upholding
honour was referred to, with the fear To read the full report, email
of dishonour a rape of early comms@childreach.org.uk
pregnancy would bring upon the
family. With regards to awareness of
the laws criminalising sex-selective
abortions, there is still considerable
progress yet to be made with 42% of
all respondents showing no
awareness of any legal provisions
relating to pregnancy.