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A gender equal and just world in which all individuals have comfort with their bodies, can celebrate their sexuality and have the agency to exercise their sexual and reproductive health, rights, and choices.
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In the 90s, Kamyla Marvi Tapal discovered a critical lack of reproductive health knowledge in Karachi, leading to the creation of Aahung in 1995. Despite cultural taboos and opposition, Aahung has become a leader in sexual and reproductive health rights in Pakistan, driven by passionate advocates like Dr. Sikander Sohani, Fatima Haider, Aisha Ijaz, and Sheena Hadi. Their relentless work has earned national and international recognition, making Aahung a trusted name in SRHR advocacy.
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In Peshawar, Aahung trained healthcare providers from a hospital and 2 institutions. Since 2010, it has trained about 3,000 healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, midwives, community health workers and lady health workers across Pakistan in necessary skills to tackle reproductive health in a safe and effective manner.
Aahung’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Management training in Khyber Pakhtunkhwaincludes 2 medical and nursing colleges and 3 other institutions. Since 2010, it has trained about 3,000 healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, midwives, community health workers and lady health workers across Pakistan in necessary skills to tackle reproductive health in a safe and effective manner.
In Quetta, Aahung’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Management trainingshave been delivered at 9 institutions including government agencies, NGOs and regulatory bodies and at 1 medical college. Since 2010, it has trained about 3,000 healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, midwives, community health workers and lady health workers across Pakistan in necessary skills to tackle reproductive health in a safe and effective manner.
Since 2010, Aahung has worked with over 18 partner organizations in Karachi to deliver Life Skills Based Education to reach primary and secondary school aged children. Through a rigorous curriculum focusing on body protection and communicating discomfort, Aahung has trained over 322 teachers in 25 schools and have benefited over 12,500 primary school students. Through its Adult Sexual and Reproductive Health training, Aahung has worked with 1,181 teachers in 302 schools and reached about 85,000 students. Aahung’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Management programmehas worked in 6 hospitals, 15 medicaland nursing colleges, and 30 other institutions including government agencies and NGO’s, training hundreds of health care providers across Karachi.
Covering 10 cities in Sindh, Aahung has worked in 55 schools at the primary level and 60 schools in the secondary level benefiting about 30,000 children in the province. Since, 2010 Aahung has trained health care providers in 22 cities in Sindh through over 50 partner organizations.
Since 2010, Aahung’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Management programmehas trained health care providers in 10 cities in Punjab through almost 20 partner organizations. Since 2010, it has trained about 3,000 healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, midwives, community health workers and lady health workers across Pakistan in necessary skills to tackle reproductive health in a safe and effective manner.
Aahung has focused on Adolescence Sexual and Reproductive Health training in Islamabad and has trained 21 teachers in 5 schools, reaching over 500 students.
Aahung’s has trained healthcare providers in Gilgit-Baltistan through the Aga Khan Development Network. Since 2010, it has trained about 3,000 healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, midwives, community health workers and lady health workers across Pakistan in necessary skills to tackle reproductive health in a safe and effective manner.
What our beneficiaries are saying about us
Within the LSBE Manual my favorite topic is ‘Decision-making’. In it, it says that human beings, no matter which race or color they belong to, have the right to make decisions. It doesn’t matter whether they are boys or girls. I really liked how it emphasized that girls have the right to decide. This was always something my heart said and it is in this book. With regard to menstruation, in the past whatever problems we faced or whatever concerns we had, we were not able to share anything with anyone or ask for help. But after studying this book, we are able to share our problems and needs with our teachers. Earlier we actually feared consequences of speaking freely and openly about our problems. We were actually scared of the word ‘puberty’. But now, there is no tension or stress regarding it.
When bodily changes occur, they are so sudden and generally girls get so worried and upset about them. Not only that, they are unable to share these with anyone. Our teacher told us that we should share and discuss our problems with someone close to us – a teacher we are friendly with, an elder sister or our mother. And we need to share and not suffocate under our problems. After studying this curriculum, there have been many changes in my personality and my knowledge has increased. There is a lot of information that I have gained and have come to know my rights. So now, if someone neglects us, or tries to suppress us, we are able to speak out and say, ‘No! This is our right’.
In the past, whenever I attended any trainings on health topics, I felt I didn’t really learn anything new. But after this session hosted by Aahung on SRHR, so many new ideas opened up in front of me. I don’t understand why there is so much stigma and so many stereotypes surrounding this topic. We can really empower our future generations by equipping them with crucial information about their bodies. I will personally carry forward the concepts I learnt from this training.
After this training, whatever hesitation I had while discussing sexual and reproductive health, has completely vanished. There is no reason why anyone should feel any reluctance while discussing it. This is a crucial aspect of our health which we ignore. Not only should we ourselves not ignore sexual and reproductive health, but we should spread information and awareness regarding it so that no one should feel held back when talking about such topics.
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