ABSTRACT Jharkhand is one of the most vulnerable and poverty-stricken states of India. There are limited programs and campaigns for communities that include gender and sexuality as prioritized public health concerns of adolescents and youth. This article uses experiences from work done specifically on gender and sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in grassroots of Jharkhand with adolescents and youth over a period of three years. The first part of the article discusses a technology-based health initiative on gender, sex and sexuality in some villages of Jharkhand. The second part of the article is about accounts and an advocacy initiative, Periods pe Charcha (Let’s talk Periods), an independent campaign run digitally and on ground to ensure mandatory menstrual hygiene services for young girls. This paper seeks to provide a few insights regarding gaps in existing policies and programs and argues for the need to have more structured initiatives and campaigns on SRHR for young people at grassroots levels in the state.

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谈贾坎德邦青少年的性别和性生殖健康权利

摘要贾坎德邦是印度最脆弱和贫困的邦之一。将性别和性行为列为青少年和青年的优先公共卫生问题的社区计划和运动有限。本文使用了三年来在贾坎德邦基层与青少年和青年开展的专门针对性别和性生殖健康与权利 (SRHR) 的工作的经验。文章的第一部分讨论了贾坎德邦一些村庄的基于技术的关于性别、性和性行为的健康倡议。文章的第二部分是关于账户和倡导计划 Periods pe Charcha（让我们谈谈 Periods），这是一项以数字方式和实地开展的独立运动，旨在确保为年轻女孩提供强制性的经期卫生服务。