Sex Education has been an issue in the rural areas of the developing countries. The girls and women find it difficult to express their issues in open . They hesitate even in front of doctors and also parents.
Even men also hesitate to some extent in discussing their sexual health issues. There is every need for the parents first to help them with proper advice at the house and then consult the specialists if needed.
Women’s health issues have remained a matter of deep concern in developing countries because of factors like poverty and lack of education. But something as simple and convenient as a telephone service is helping to bridge the information gap regarding sexual education in Nepal.
Marie Stopes International (MSI) had launched a free helpline number called Meri Saathi in 2011 with the aim to offer counselling on a variety of sensitive issues like safe sex, abortion, contraception, masturbation, penis size and menstruation.
Even though the MSI office isn’t that big, the call operators receive up to as many as 150 calls a day from both men and women across the country, reports local media.
This service proved to be critical in a country like Nepal where premarital sex is still considered taboo and abortion laws are quite stringent. In fact, deaths as a result from unsafe abortions account for more than 5 per cent of recorded maternal deaths.
