Open AccessA participatory evaluation of the life-skills training programme in Myanmar
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Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.31899/pgy2000.1005
Subject(s) - life skills , promotion (chess) , reproductive health , participatory evaluation , training (meteorology) , welfare , citizen journalism , medical education , psychology , gerontology , medicine , political science , population , environmental health , geography , politics , public administration , meteorology , law
In 1993 UNICEF/Myanmar launched an innovative project aimed at preventing the further spread of HIV/AIDS through the promotion of reproductive health. One of the activities undertaken was life-skills training for women and youth, conducted in collaboration with the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) and the Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association (MMCWA). The objective of the training activities was to encourage and promote informed decision-making and care-seeking behavior among youth and women. The training aims to provide detailed and accurate information concerning sexuality, birth spacing, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS, and to provide skills for youth and women to enable them to cope with their daily lives and become proponents of community mobilization. This report presents findings of a participatory evaluation of the life-skills training activities implemented in late 1997 and early 1998. At the time of the evaluation, life-skills training had been conducted in 27 project townships. MRCS activities targeted youth aged 15–25 years, and MMCWA worked primarily with married women aged 20–40 years.