Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2016
5.2.2 Reproductive Health Center ................................................................................ 37
5.3
Family Court of Maldives...................................................................................... 38
6. New Developments since 2012 ........................................................................................ 39
7. Services available from Non‐Governmental Organizations ............................................. 41
7.1
Society for Health Education (SHE) ...................................................................... 41
7.1.1 New Developments since 2012 ........................................................................... 42
7.2
Youth Health Café ................................................................................................ 43
8. Challenges and problems ................................................................................................. 44
9. Analysis of FGDs ............................................................................................................... 46
9.1 Demographic Analysis ................................................................................................ 46
9.2 Knowledge of Reproductive and Sexual Health ......................................................... 47
9.2.1 Gender ................................................................................................................. 48
9.2.2 Students .............................................................................................................. 49
9.2.3 Subject Streams ................................................................................................... 51
9.2.4 Youth ................................................................................................................... 52
9.2.5 Parents ................................................................................................................ 53
9.2.6 Education Sector ................................................................................................. 54
9.2.7 Health Sector ....................................................................................................... 54
10. Thematic analysis ........................................................................................................... 56
10.1 Societal perception and religious sensitivity about reproductive health education56
10.2 Perception on relationships and marriage ............................................................... 58
10.3 Factors that shape person’s knowledge and perceptions ....................................... 64
10.3.1 Need for information and Sources of Information ........................................... 64
10.3.2 Access to Health Services .................................................................................. 70
10.3.3 Peers and Parents.............................................................................................. 75
11. Conclusion and Recommendations ................................................................................ 79
References ............................................................................................................................ 85
Annex 1: List of School that participated in the FGDs .......................................................... 89
Annex 2: List of Stakeholders ............................................................................................... 90
Annex 3: Demographic form ................................................................................................ 91
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