Social Stigma and Taboos Related to Menstruation are Barriers for Change in the Community and School

1. Social Stigma and Taboos Related to Menstruation are Barriers for Change in the Community
and School
Logical Framework
Goal: By 2022, Adoloscent girls and women in Bajura district break away from the cultural of silence related to
Menstrual Hygiene and
Practice and have consistent access of Knowledge on MHM and support to address myths social stigma, taboos,
restrictive perceptions
and social norms
Activities Output Outcome Objectively Varifiable Indicators
Objective 1: Breaking the silence around
Menstruation.
Conduct orientation programfor Sensitizing the men,
women
and adolescent about
menstruation and triggereing
them for behavior Change
around taboos, stigma and
myths related to Mensturations
Men, families, communities
informed and sensitive to
menstruation, needs of women is
Broken
during menstruation
Reduced restrictions on girls and women
during Menstruation Girls attending
school
during menstruation
Silenece around
Menstruation
Aware community on
Menstrual health and hygiene, Decrease in boys teasing girls
during
Arrange MHM stalls for Questions/queries
aroundInformation sharing in school, menstruation are answered for best practices and Restrictions menstruation; Fathers willing
to discusscollege, community during
different events, festivals
all on unhealth behaviours
and
practices in the community.
menstrual matters
Objective 2: Easy access to appropriate knowledge about
mensturation
Training for counsellors and
depot holders
Trained and informed
resource
available at all levels
Availability of registered counsellors
and
depot holders
Easy access to
information
Share/consult and overcome
/
handle any situation related
to
menstruation without feeling
shy or being ashamed
Counselling centres
easily
accessible at school and
community level
Number of people approaching
counselling
centres; Entry in registers of depot
holders
and counselling centres
Establishing counselling
centres at all levels
Objective 3: Establishing Community strengthening system for
MHM
Formation of District Project
Advisory Committee
Functional DPAC and
identification of priority areas and behavior related to
SRH
Proper coordination with
stakeholders and resources
identification at local level
Improved Knowledge, attitude Increased coverage of SRH
services utilizations
Conduction of coordination
meetings with stakeholders
Improved health seeking
behavior
Relation an network building for
addressing
the agenda of MHM in a collaborative way
Improved capacity of such
groups to deal with the issues Capacity building and
development
of SRH and MHM
Platforms to discuss the
SRH
and MHM related issues
Formation of Child Clubs, Girls
student groups, etc
Selection of Local facilitators Identified and trained
local
and orginize facilitator training facilitators
Skilledfull Human resources for
managing
the SRH and MHM
Improved capacity of facilators
Improved knowledge,
attitude,Development of IEC/BCC Disseminated health messages perception, practices
and
Behavior change and right practices
formaterials based on local context and informed decision making behaviour of people towards
MHM MHM
Identified MHM relatedstigma
and taboos rooted in the
community, gaps and areas for social taboos and
stigma.
improvement
Peer Group discussion on
social
stigma and taboos related with
menstruation
Decrease in beliefs upon
the
Awareness about wrong perception
and
beliefs of people towards
menstruationIdentified funtional WASH
Assessment of School,
public
places with gender friendly
infrastruture for WASH
Increase in school enrollment
and decrease in absentiesm in Education
achievemnt
school.
facilities with regular water
supply and gender friendly
structure.
Develop mobile apps and
incorporate health
messages
Objective 3: Girls and women make informed choice; providing access to wide range of MHM
material
procure menstrual absorbents Supply delivery
systemsor material (where pad
production units are
established/ Pad
production
units established and
Easy availability and access to Material chosen are safe absorbents
as also
menstrual material/absorbents safely disposableestablished) based on demand
functional
Objective 4: Enabling easy access to safe disposal of used absorbents
/menstrual material
Installation of electric Schools are equipped with safe Used menstrual material across Regular use of the incinerators
and theirincinerators at schools, colleges disposal incinerators for used the districts is safely disposed operation and maintenance in
schools andand girls’ hostels menstrual material off colleges
Sensitizing communities
about
environmentally safe options
for disposal of used menstrual
material
Communities use
environmentally safe
material
and dispose it off safely
Absence of used menstrual material in
trash
; abstinence of communities from
disposing
off in open places
Safe disposal of
used
menstrual material
Setting up of sign boards near Sign boards
announcing
water bodies, fixing penalty for imposition of fines on
People conform to agreed
rules
of safe disposaldefaulters defaulters
Prepared By:
Mohammad Aslam
Shaiekh
Master of Public
Health
(MPH)