Since October 2018, the Population Foundation of India has been running the FAYA programme in four districts of Rajasthan - Bundi, Karauli, Dungarpur and Tonk - under which it conducts out-of-school sessions on Comprehensive Sexuality Education for adolescents
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Meet A Young Change Maker From Tonk Who Is Bridging Information And Hygiene Gaps With Her Powerful Voice
17-year old Ravina Bairwa is a grassroots champion who hopes the second wave of COVID-19 will not deny rural girls their health rights
As the second wave of COVID-19 lashes against an already overstretched health-care system and widens preexisting, social and economic gaps between urban and rural India, a young, menstrual-hygiene champion from Tonk, Rajasthan, is trying to make a difference with her well-informed voice.
Ravina Bairwa is just 17 years old but already a change maker who on one hand disseminates information on safe and healthy menstruation on the other draws attention of relevant stakeholders on paucity of hygiene products for young girls. The task of reaching out becomes difficult as the resources at the rural health care centres have been diverted to pande
Meet 17-year old Ravina Bairwa, a young change maker from Tonk who is bridging information and hygiene gaps
Ravina, on one hand, disseminates information on safe and healthy menstruation and on the other draws the attention of relevant stakeholders on the paucity of hygiene products for young girls.
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May 08, 2021, 11:10 AM IST
New Delhi: As the second wave of COVID-19 lashes against an already overstretched healthcare system and widens preexisting, social and economic gaps between urban and rural India, Ravina Bairwa, a young, menstrual hygiene champion from Tonk, Rajasthan, is trying to make a difference with her well-informed voice.
Ravina is just 17 years old but already a change-maker who on one hand disseminates information on safe and healthy menstruation and on the other draws attention of relevant stakeholders on paucity of hygiene products for young girls. The task of reaching out becomes difficult as the resources at the rural health care centres have been
Abhina Aher (Trustee member of the committee)
An external candidate, Abhina Aher has been Associate Director for Gender, Sexuality and Rights at the India HIV/AIDS Alliance since 2010. She has been a global activist on LGBTI issues for the last 24 years and has worked with organisations such as The Humsafar Trust (Mumbai), Family Health International (FHI), and the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Communication Programme (CCP). Amongst the skills required for the Board of Trustees, Abhina can point to knowledge of safeguarding; programme delivery experience; and peer-to-peer service delivery. She is from South Asia, currently located in India.
Dr Josephine Obel (Trustee member of the committee and currently on leave of absence )