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Kohima, February 27 (MExN): The Body Festival Training Program 1.0 was organized by Feminist Futures India (FFI) at Kohima. Earlier, intensive training sessions were held from December 13 and 15, 2021, while the programme as a whole, concluded on February 26, 2022.
It was facilitated by Sanjina Gupta and Ananya Chatterjee from Rangeen Khidki, Poppy from CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality, and Sekulu Nyekha from FFI, stated a press release received here. The aim of the training was to capacitate young people on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and leadership. The participants carried out their own initiatives to understand issues like domestic abuse, sexual assault, menstrual discrimination and consent, it stated.
During the graduation ceremony, participants shared their findings, and discussed what the way forward. Findings from their studies included common misconceptions that sexual assault does not exist in Nagaland, silencing domestic abuse, etc. There were also concerns regarding inaccessibility of menstrual products due to economic issues.
The studies conducted by the participants endowed the existing community issues of Nagaland. The young participants were motivated to consciously advocate for sexual and reproductive rights in the days to come, the release said.
