With an aim to reinforce girls’ success
at individual level and improve support for girls’ education at all levels,
Child Reach Nepal (CRN) organized Girls Education Summit on Friday.
The summit was a part of CRN’s ‘Taught
not trafficked’ initiative.
Dr. Tshering Lama, country director of
Child Reach International, said that the summit was organised as a forum where
key stakeholders in girl’s education in Nepal and the world could improve coordination,
transparency and collaboration and learn by working to further girls’ rights
and education.
On the occasion, ‘Chhori’ (daughter)
project was launched which will be focused on raising awareness on menstrual
health.
“The programme aims to empower adolescent
girls by communicating the message of menstruation being a natural process and
importance of managing proper hygiene to prevent adverse health issues. It will
also focus on the production of low-cost bio-degradable sanitary pads as a part
of school entrepreneurship programme,” read a statement issued by the
organiser.
On the occasion, Arun Murungananthan, a
social entrepreneur from India, provided a machine to Chilaune Higher Secondary
School, Sindhupalchok.
Speaking on the occasion, actor Nisha
Adhikari urged the families and communities to come forward to assist the young
girls in order to make them stay in the school during their menstruation.
Girl students from various schools
presented the situation of girls in their communities in relation to access to
education and holistically keeping them safe in schools and its effects on
their vulnerability to abuse and exploitation.
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