HEEL Foundation

HEEL isn’t just an acronym but also a visionary youth-led social enterprise to carve an impact on Health, Education, Environment to ensure Longevity.

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In an attempt to stand for gender equality and celebrate National Girl Child Day and World Education Day, we are thrilled to announce the partnership with Foundation for Reproductive Health Services (FRHS) India.

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PROJECT NEPAL- A fundraiser initiative!
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Dear Reader,
Not everyone gets a chance to save a life and become the person who someone would call their hero. Not all heroes wear capes, and it takes sheer kindness to change the world. So, change the world with a small donation.

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@RightsPratigya The law on victim care doesn't take into the full extent of consequences that survivors of sexual assault may face, including abandonment by intimate partner/ family, forced marriage, loss of livelihood, lack of access to medical treatment services, hostility via state authorites

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@RightsPratigya Currently, the only form of support available to victims of sexual assault from the state is victim compensation, which includes costs incurred by the victim for medical treatment, judicial remedies and other disruptions caused by the assault.

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.@RightsPratigya We're glad to have partnered with you, @fattechy, & @solidarityfoundation for #ChatWithPratigya!

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@RightsPratigya We believe that the resistance by teachers based on social misconceptions and cultural prejudice and reluctance of teachers due to work overburden is the root cause of the problems with CSE in India.

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@RightsPratigya They also tend to focus only on menstrual hygiene and biological development, advocating abstinence rather than information as a means of protecting adolescents.

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@RightsPratigya Another serious gap in this area is the inadequate teacher training and unwillingness amongst teachers to talk about sexual health issues, especially related to safe sex and contraception.

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@RightsPratigya Experts working with child abuse note that children may have already gone through abuse by the time they reach puberty as abusers often target younger girls who have not begun menstruating

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@RightsPratigya The programme, however, does not comprehensively cover all the sexuality related topics like gender diversity and same-sex relations. It is also limited by the fact that it does not cover students below class 9.

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@RightsPratigya This programme contains curriculum for adolescents from class nine onwards covering changes in the body, gender stereotypes, substance abuse, recognizing and reporting abuse and HIV/ AIDS

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@RightsPratigya After facing some initial backlash on its content, the NCERT along with the UNFPA revamped the AEP syllabus in 2010, which is currently implemented in the Kendriya Vidyalayas (1120 schools) and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.76

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@RightsPratigya However, the Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) implemented by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in partnership with UNFPA does address issues around gender and sexuality.

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@RightsPratigya (CSE) as per international standards has not yet been implemented in India. Age-appropriate sexuality education for adolescents has often faced considerable resistance in the country- the backlash against sex education for being ‘immoral and inappropriate’ by certain sections.

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@DebanjanaC @RightsPratigya The greatest impediment we face is the conservative mindset that most in our society posses. People lack the sensitivity and empathy to delve deep into understanding the issue at its core.

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@RightsPratigya SDGs also call for provisioning of sexual health services into national strategies and programmes, to be measured by indicators- access to and use of contraception, availability, accessibility, acceptability of quality sexual & reproductive health services, knowledge about (SRHR)

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@RightsPratigya The realisation of sexual health has been recognised as an integral part of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to health, education, and gender equality. International law notes the importance of access to age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education.