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Aahung’s role as a resource organization
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Over the past ten years, Aahung has developed a reputation as one of the only organizations providing quality technical assistance in the field of sexual health and rights. Thus, Aahung would like to scale up its function as a resource centre and pro-actively respond to the demands for sexual health capacity building from both within and outside the sexual and reproductive health sector in Pakistan.
The resource center has the following functions:
- To enhance the capacity of public and private outreach / service delivery organizations to deliver quality information and services on sexual and reproductive health and rights
- To market and widely disseminate Aahung’s resources (technical as well as IEC materials)
- To develop and implement mass awareness communication strategies for promoting positive messages on sexual and reproductive health and rights
The resource center also offers a few annual trainings on SRH topics to public and private institutions and service providers. |
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Training topics
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1- Sexuality, sexual health and rights:
The primary objective of this 5 day course is to enhance the understanding of sexuality and sexual health amongst participants. Instead of simply providing information, the course is a platform for discussing and analyzing sensitive SRH issues and how they apply in the Pakistani context. One of the key areas of focus is to challenge conventional notions and attitudes towards sexuality. The course covered a diverse range of issues such as sexuality, human rights, international frameworks of rights, sexual rights, gender, anatomy and physiology, conception and contraception, abortion, sexual harassment, abuse, and violence, STIs; HIV/AIDS, and guiding principles for working on sexuality |
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2 - Aware for Life – Adult
This 5 day training of trainers workshop is aimed at professionals who are involved in health awareness programs for adult men and women at the community level. The workshop aims to develop participants understanding of sexual and reproductive health issues while also developing their facilitation skills so that they can impart this information onwards. At the end of the workshop, participants are provided with the Aware for Life manual. The Aware For Life Manual consists of sixteen topics. Each topic within the manual contains activities, case studies, questions and additional information for the facilitators’ knowledge. The manual covers a diverse range of topics such as Health, Sexual Health, Human Rights, Sexual Rights, Gender and Discrimination, Sexuality, Anatomy and Physiology, Urethral and Vaginal Discharge, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Sexual Violence, Power and Family Planning. This manual is an excellent tool for community workers to use for raising sexual health awareness within their communities. |
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3 - Aware for Life – Adolescents
This 5 day training of trainers is targeted at teachers and professionals who are working with young people. The participants are provided comprehensive information on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights and are also provided with a facilitator guide and workbooks to be used in the classroom. Separate workbooks are available for boys and girls and are available in both Urdu and Sindhi languages. The topics covered in these workbooks include gender, puberty and related changes, maternal health, HIV / AIDS, Hepatitis, rights within the nikanama and positive health seeking behaviours.
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4 - Holistic Management of RTIs/ STIs
This 5 day capacity building workshop (can also be offered as a training of trainers) is targeted towards health care providers such as doctors, nurses, lady health workers, midwifes and female welfare workers. It covers the basics of sexual and reproductive health management, focusing on a client centered approach to health care. It also clarifies values of health care providers on sensitive issues such as abortion and family planning with the aim to get health care providers to provide non-judgmental and quality services. The course provides health care providers with detailed information on the signs / symptoms and treatment protocols for managing sexually transmiited infections and reproductive tract infections. The counseling and sexual history taking skills of health care providers are significantly improved by attending this course.
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5 - HIV & AIDS
This 5 day training of trainers course is aimed at training development practitioners to make them capable of providing quality information on HIV and AIDS. It firstly increases the participants own awareness on HIV and AIDS and then provides them with the skills and tools to impart this education to others. Some of the topics covered in this workshop include
- Basic facts on HIV & AIDS
- Determinants and impact of the epidemic
- Stigma and discrimination
- Gender and HIV
- Prevention
- Interpersonal Communication
- Treatment, care and support
- ARV drugs
- Human Rights and Ethics
Aahung can work with your organization to develop a course catered to your specific requirements
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Organisations to whom technical assistance has been provided
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NGOs/ CBOs
Marie Stopes Society
Family Planning Association of Pakistan
Sungi Development Foundation
Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS)
Thardeep Rural Development Programme (TRDP)
Church World Services, Pakistan
Hayat-e-Nau
Labour Education Foundation
Government organisations
Population Welfare Department of Sindh
Education Department of Sindh |
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Resources
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- Premarital Pamphlets
- Urethral Discharge
- Vaginal Discharge
- Erectile Dysfunction
- HIV
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
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