A digital magazine on sexuality, based in the Global South: We are working towards cultivating safe, inclusive, and self-affirming spaces in which all individuals can express themselves without fear, judgement or shame
विभिन्न स्थानों पर लड़कियों की उपस्थिति, उनका अनेक मुद्दों पर चर्चा करना, दोस्तों के साथ मसलों पर बातचीत करना और किसी भी कारण के लिए एकत्रित होना स्वयं ही समाज में मानदंड को चुनौती देता है और उनकी सुरक्षा, गतिशीलता और यौनिकता को बढ़ावा देता है।
To ensure that important discussions about issues of sexuality can take place at home, in schools and between generations, efforts needs to be made to change the norms – especially those related to perceptions of safety. Individuals, institutions, organisations and policies need to work together to include safe spaces for reflections and opportunities for these discussions to become common practice.
As development professionals, our tasks involve reflecting on the norms that service providers, colleagues and field staff engaging with communities hold on to so strongly. How can programmes create safe spaces to match up to service providers’ professional and personal beliefs so that they can challenge those norms in their own families and be non-judgmental?