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Breaking Taboos on National Girl Child Day
Naina Jha conducted a workshop on Puberty and Menstruation at “Be for Nation School” on 24th January on the occasion of National Girl Child Day. It was attended by 15 girls all of which were teenagers. When asked if they faced any changes in their bodies, all of them responded [...]Read more
Discussing Gender Discrimination in Bihar
Naina Jha conducted a workshop for the girls of Guru Gobind Singh on 24th January. The workshop began with dividing the girls into five groups. Each group was asked to write down problems faced by women in different stages of life which were- from conception till the age of five, [...]Read more
Let’s talk Period.
Naina Jha conducted a workshop on the topic “Puberty and Menstruation” at Guru Gobind Singh School, Paṭna City on 23rd January, 2018 for a group of 80 girls. She began the workshop by asking them about their teenage years and the experiences they felt in the phase they were [...]Read more
Puberty and Menstruation- Not Taboo Any More
Naina Jha conducted a workshop on the topic “Puberty and Menstruation” at Aghor Prakash School on 8th December in collaboration with the organisation- Gupshup for a group of 60 girls. She began the workshop by asking them about their teenage years and the experiences [...]Read more
Gender Socialisation and what it means
Naina Jha conducted a discussion on “Gender Socialisation” on 17th November, 2018 as part of the SPEAK! campaign organised by CIVICUS. 12 people participated in the discussion on how socialization shapes gender prospects in an individual. Since there were both male and female [...]Read more
Talking about Puberty and Menstruation in Bihar
Naina Jha conducted an awareness session on Puberty and Menstruation for 30 girls of Saraswati Vidya Mandir School on 29th of October in Patna, Bihar. Naina asked them if they had heard of the word “Puberty”. Many of the girls were not aware of the term. When asked what puberty [...]Read more
What #GirlsShouldBe- International Day of the Girl Child
Naina Jha writes, “On International Day of the Girl Child, I conducted a session with the girls of Rainbow Homes in Paṭna. There were 30 girls and 5 teachers and the theme was #GirlsShouldBe. I asked them what they thought a girl should be and they poured their hearts out. [...]Read more
Starting Conversations on Puberty and Menstruation
Naina Jha conducted an awareness workshop on Puberty & Menstruation on 8th October, 2018 at St. Albert School, Bihar. The workshop was for 85 girls of standards 9 & 10. She began by asking whether they had experienced any bodily or emotional changes to which they [...]Read more
‘Menstruation and more’ Workshop in Patna
Naina Jha conducted a Puberty & Menstruation Workshop for the students of Std 8th of St. Albert’s High School on 8th October, 2018 in Patna. 35 girls attended the workshop. She began by asking whether they had heard of the word “Puberty” to which most of the girls answered [...]Read more
POSH Workshop at Arvind Mahila College
Naina Jha conducted an awareness workshop on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act (POSH) at Arvind Mahila College on 19th September 2018 for 150 girls and 10 teachers. She began the workshop by talking about the concepts of gender and sex and the [...]Read more