With support from University of Alabama, Birmingham, an HPV sampling study will be conducted among two cohorts of women (200 in each group) in Kathmandu and Achham district. The purpose of this study will be to examine the vulnerability of women from low risk populace and high risk populace (HIV positive) to HPV. Both qualitative and quantitative data will be […]
With support from UNICEF, NFCC is piloting a menstrual hygiene management project in ten VDCs’ of Saptari in 2012. This pilot will be integrated into the existing GATE project (UNICEF) and will use out of school adolescent girls as manufacturers and sellers of reusable sanitary napkins. These girls will also be educators on sexual and reproductive health in their respective […]
Under the guidance of the Gender Section of the Ministry of Health and Population, NFCC is currently completing a mapping of all organization providing services for survivors of GBV. It is expected that the completed document will be a first of its kind and a useful resource in the following ways: for Government of Nepal to monitor services for survivors; […]
Yet another breakthrough in research on menstruation is the development of the ABYMMA Scale in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, USA. The ABYMMA Scale is the first qualitative tool on menstruation developed specifically for Nepal. This tool called Adolescent Boys and Young Men Menstrual Attitudes (ABYMMA) scale measures the menstrual attitude among adolescent boys and young men. This tool […]
With support from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, NFCC conducted a study to assess prevailing perceptions on the association between Menstrual Restrictions and Human Rights Infringement among urban Nepalese in Kathmandu Valley. This study is the first large scale survey of status of menstrual restriction among Nepalis. Data analysis is complete and academic papers are being developed.
In collaboration with Department of Behavioural and Community Health Sciences (BCHS) of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, USAconducted a collaborative film-making research with adolescent girls in Far West-Nepal. The said girls were taught how to make films and equipped with cameras so that they could document their daily lives when menstruating and when not. This […]
NFCC was contracted by USAID/Nepal to conduct an assessment to identify best practices for the effective reduction of the negative effects of Chhaupaditradition on women and girls. The geographic scope of the assessment was far and mid-western region of Nepal, where Chhaupadiis widely prevalent. The output of the assessment was a recommended multi-sectoral strategy for the reduction in the negative impact of Chhaupadiwhile […]
For the first time in Nepal, NFCC along with an individual researcher Anne Kukuczka, Free University of Berlin, Germany introduced menstrual cups to women and girls of Sisneri VDC of Makwanpur District. This eight-month longitudinal study looked at the acceptability and uptake of menstrual cup among adolescent girls and women. It also examined whether or not there are differences between […]
NFCC in collaboration with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene-Resource Centre Network Nepal is currently doing an assessment with nine ethnic groups of Nepal namely Brahmin, Chhetri, Musalman, Magar, Yadav, Newar, Tamang, Kami and Tharu in nine districts to understand the knowledge, behaviour and attitude among these ethnic communities about menstruation/menstrual hygiene management and practices associated with it. The districts covered are […]