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NEW DELHI: The facts about birds and bees might be one of the toughest conversations for mothers to have with their daughters. And at Jahangirpuri in North-West Delhi, it is probably a subject that never really comes up during such conversations. Helping them now to start a dialogue on taboo subjects focusing on sexuality is a "Maa-Beti Sammelan" - a meeting being organised here in the Capital on Wednesday by the Deepam Educational Society for Health (DESH) and Care India. Part of the CHAYAN Youth Intervention programme that is being supported by the Delhi State AIDS Control Society, the "sammelan'' aims at bridging the communication gap between mothers and daughters on "sensitive" topics. "We are targeting youth from 15 years to 24 years and are working with both genders. The idea is to get mothers and daughters to start talking about these issues. We found that 20 per cent to 30 per cent of the youth are sexually active in this area. We have devised cultural programmes and games to remove stigma surrounding these issues,'' says the project co-ordinator, DESH, Jojo Thomas. While Delhi is being used as a model that will eventually be replicated in different parts of the country, DESH has also started interventions in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. However, this is not the first such "sammelan" that has taken place. "We have found that people in this area are not aware of sexually transmitted diseases. Girls are unaware, but even their mothers don't have knowledge about these issues. We found that many women who had sexually transmitted infection (STI) thought it was natural and did not see a doctor. They are also in denial about their children being sexually active,'' he stated. And in an attempt to dispel these myths and ensure healthy reproductive practices as well as spread awareness about AIDS.
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