22/01/2026
“Guftagu Sessions” Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health rights and services in Muslim Community
With support from UNFPA Nepal under RHEA and Safe Girls Project, Sunaulo Parivar Nepal oriented 14 Muslim community leaders from Sarlahi and Rautahat district (8 from Sarlahi for RHEA project and for safe Girls Project: 5 from Rautahat and 1 from Sarlahi). The community leaders further conducted 8 Sessions over the course of 2 months on various SRH related topics to 15 Muslim men of their community.
The sessions aimed to sensitize the Muslim men on culturally sensitive topics. The sessions included topics like Khushal Parivar, family planning, menstruation and menopause, maternal and child health, cervical cancer and screening, prostate cancer, gender equality and additional topics like digital safety, gender-based violence and positive masculinity for facilitators of Safe Girls Project.
The community program successfully reached 210 Muslim men leading to noticeable change in participants knowledge. The program has contributed to increasing male engagement in SRHR and gender equality.
