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Do they match? August, 2010 making it difficult for them to provide proper service. They could not bring their families from outside Jessore because they would not be able to meet the needs of the family with such low salaries. All of the providers mentioned that they were overburdened with work, and all of them had to carry out many tasks in the course of their jobs. Along with these factors, too much bureaucracy within the organization was considered another obstacle to providing quality service. The budget constraints of SALIN+ and FPAB in general were also mentioned. 36
Do they match? August, 2010 6 Stakeholder workshops At the end of the first and second data collection phases, workshops were organised with stakeholders from the community and FPAB staff from the branch office in Jessore and representatives from FPAB Headquarters in Dhaka. The aim of the workshops was to present and verify with the adult stakeholders the research findings. The participants were encouraged to discuss about the issues and formulate recommendations together. In the first phase workshop with the civil society members, the activities of FPAB and Tarar Mela were presented and then a detailed presentation was given of the sexuality research. The stakeholder members were warm and enthusiastic about the workshop. They all acknowledged the importance of the issues and the need for discussion. As one participant said: “Concerns about sexuality issues among our youth have been going on for ages. But this is the first time it is shown as a research finding. I believe this is a very timely approach to address sexuality issues.” For everyone this was the first time they had talked about sexuality in a formal setting. As one of the attendees said: “This is a very good attempt. I read about sexuality issues when I was very young. Today, after 30 long years, this is the second time I’m hearing a discussion on sexuality issues or speaking about it myself.” The stakeholders mentioned that although they do not discuss these issues publicly, they very much agree with the research findings presented to them about the young people’s sexuality in Jessore. However, some raised concerns about the age of the informants, as they thought 12 years old was too early to discuss sexuality. However after a debate with the young researchers most of the participants agreed that it is wise to start discussions from the age of 12. As one member said: “12-18 years is perfect as the target group as this is the most important time of life to learn new things.” The participants acknowledged that it was time to be tolerant regarding romantic love between young people, as well as to make them aware of the consequences of ‘bad’ romantic love. The participants enthusiastically supported the idea of arranging sex education sessions for both boys and girls. They mentioned that this was particularly important for boys, as they have more freedom than girls and they misuse it. This idea was supported by school teachers who were willing to work together with FPAB to develop a more comprehensive sexuality education curriculum in their schools. The participants also highlighted that it would be important to have training sessions with parents, as they also have many misconceptions and do not know how to communicate with their children about sexual issues. They suggested it would be helpful to involve religious leaders and other opinion leaders of the society in this process. The participants however emphasized that we should be careful about providing information about sex, as we should not make sex too open, as this would hamper their traditional values. They also mentioned the risk of AIDS. All the participants of the workshop mentioned that they were willing to provide support to FPAB concerning this programme. In this regard the workshop succeeded in opening the dialogue on youth sexuality issues between FPAB staff, community members and young people. The results of the research were also presented to the FPAB staff in another workshop. The staff members said that the findings very much matched their own everyday experiences in the field. They said that when they went to the village the boys and girls expressed the same curiosities as those presented in the workshop. This helped verify the findings of our research, which was one of the objectives of the stakeholder workshops. They also mentioned that in their field experience they had heard of and seen 37
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