reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16/Unit 1
CONTENT
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills
Training/Learning Methods
(Time Required)
• The right to choose freely one's
life/sexual partners.
• The right to celibacy.
• The right to refuse marriage.
• The right to say no to sex within
marriage.
Source: IPPF. 1991. Rights of the Client.
London: IPPF.
OBSTACLES/BARRIERS THAT MIGHT
PREVENT ADOLESCENT RIGHTS
FROM BEING FULFILLED
The following is only a partial list of
obstacles/barriers that may prevent
adolescent rights from being fulfilled:
• Provider’s personal views.
• Heavy client load, lack of time.
• Local laws, customs, or policies.
• Religion.
• Provider was not adequately trained.
• No clinic guidelines exist to ensure
adolescent rights are met.
• Community pressure.
• Family pressure.
• Peer pressure.
• RH services are not accessible to
adolescents.
• Hours of RH services for adolescents
are inconvenient.
GROUP WORK (45 MIN.)
The trainer should:
• Divide Px into groups or pairs
according to the area or clinic in
which they work.
• Provide each pair or group with Px
Handout 1.1: Adolescent
Reproductive Rights.
1.1
• Go around the room and assign each
group or pair 2-3 rights listed on Px
Handout 1.1.
• Ask each pair or group first to identify
the obstacles or barriers that might
prevent each of the assigned rights
from being fulfilled.
• Ask Px to list specific steps they can
take in their clinic to remove each
barrier or obstacle.
• Reconvene the larger group and ask
each small group to present their list.
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