Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2016 There were a total of 473 female participants and 385 male participants, among them 402 were students, 128 were youth, 137 were parents, 118 were from the Education sector and 73 were from the Health sector. 1.2.3 Instruments A set of leading questions were developed for the FGDs. These questions were included in all the FGDs while a separate set of questions were also set for the major sectors such as Health and Education. A separate form was designed to gather the demographic information of the participants and their knowledge on SRH. However, in order to keep the confidentiality of the participants, this form did not require the participants to mention their names. Each participant was provided with an information paper which comprised of the definition of SRH translated to Dhivehi. A voice recorder was also used to record all the focus group sessions for data gathering purposes after obtaining the consent of the participants. 1.3 Limitations and challenges of the study Due to the sensitive and controversial nature of the topic, there were some challenges faced in gathering information for this study. Many participants were hesitant to share their knowledge and experiences which meant that additional time was required within the FG sessions to give them the basic information about SRH and make them more comfortable. Thus it was time consuming to conduct all the selected FGD’s within the tight schedule. The difficulty in getting the requested number of participants for the FGs was another issue that the researchers faced. While it should be noted that in most of the islands the participants were supportive and attended the discussions on time, the participant turnout was poor in some islands. Further, it was noted that in most cases men failed to show up for the discussions. This could have been because they were employed away from the islands or because 12 INTRODUCTION