Promoting sexual and reproductive health rights among Ogiek girls

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Key Information

OPDP through the support of its partners has been focusing on sensitization on reproductive health
education and distribution of sanitary towels to in-school adolescent girls from the minority and
indigenous Ogiek community both in primary and Secondary schools. The program commenced in
2015 targeting girls aged 10 - 19years and we have reached out to approximately 2500 girls in the
three Counties including Nakuru, Narok, UasinGishu.
The approaches we employ under the program include:
- Capacity building through dissemination of advocacy tool kit on menstrual hygiene and management
- Advocacy among community leaders to generate support on Sexual Right and Health Right issues
- Creating spaces for learning and sharing
- Peer-peer and inter-personal communication to promote role modeling
- Community partnering and networking
Since inception of the program, there has been increased transitioning of girls from primary to secondary and improved performances which bolster the realization of their dreams


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

Not applicable or unknown

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2015 -

Partner(s)

Gender Department, Nakuru County, Groots Kenya, Indigenous Information Kenya (IIN), Tirap Youth Council, Gender based Violence Prevention Network

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education

Funder(s)

Land is Life

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Climate change
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Community leaders, Girls (both in school and out of school), Mothers, School administrators, Youth

Age

12 - 24

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • Brothers
  • Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
  • Religious leaders

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Life skills education

  • Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
  • Gender, rights and power
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation
  • Raising awareness about menstruation (beyond just girls)
  • Sanitary product distribution

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • School-based counselors

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
  • Raising awareness about existing laws/policies

Social/gender norms change

  • Work with community leaders

Teaching

  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • STEM - outside the classroom

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased progression to secondary school

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Daniel Kobei
Ogiek Peoples' Development Program (OPDP)
Executive Director
opdp@ogiekpeoples.org
+254722433757