LET'S TALK ABOUT PUBERTY REPORT
PREPARED BY
SCORA QMSA NATIONAL TEAM 2019/2020 2020| February
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LET'S TALK ABOUT PUBERTY
The Qatar Foundation for Child and Women Protection reported 2,583 cases involving children during the period from 2004 to 2012. The cases included sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Furthermore, a qualitative study to investigate health beliefs and practices of 46 college Qatari women issued evidence that Qatari women were in need of information about puberty and did not feel prepared for menarche. This shortage of information around puberty was because their families and schools did not prepare them for this phase, and the education provided did not include the mental and physical changes they would experience and how to cope with these changes. Based on these studies, there is a high need for educational programs on puberty and sexual education in Qatar. Puberty is a time of change and growth that can be both exciting and frightening. Knowing what will happen and how to cope with puberty is the first step towards adapting well to adolescence and helping children to stay healthy, take good care of themselves, and make good decisions. "Let’s Talk about Puberty" Activity is initiated to provide interactive and educational activities to children aged between 9 and 14 years old about Puberty, Menstruation, Physical Space and Touch, and Self-Love.
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Small Working Group Members Training AS A PREPARATION FOR " LET'S TALK ABOUT PUBERTY" ACTIVITY, WE HOSTED A TRAINING BY SCORA QMSA TEAM TO WORKING GROUP MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO BE PART OF THE EVENT TO DELIVER SRHR RELATED TOPICS AND ENSURE TEAM BUILDING. OUR TARGET IS TO TRAIN AN ENGAGED GENDER EQUAL GROUP OF WORKING MEMBERS WITH AT LEAST 40% GIRLS AND TO HAVE 50% INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ATTITUDES POST TRAINING.
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To equip working group members with team building and trust building skills.
To equip working group
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members with the skills & techniques for sharing information & exploring values and attitudes.
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To train working group members on their topics.
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Small Working Group Members (SWG) Training
Training Agenda Ice Breaker - Tell 2 truths and 1 lie. The group has to guess which is which. Introduction of Let’s Talk about puberty concept and booths. Ideas Cafe - SWG were split into 4 working groups to learn about their topics for which they will develop interactive activities, ensure team building, and brainstorm activities and a plan to present it later for everyone. Puberty Menstruation Physical Space Self Love Large group presentation - Each group shared their ideas and plans for their topic and received feedback and suggestions from SCORA Team and the other Participants. Difficult Audience - The session was based on 3 real scenarios from last year’s activity to prepare SWG on how to handle difficult parents and/or children. SWG were presented with a controversial statement. In each of the four corners of the room, an opinion/ response was posted. SWG expressed their opinions by standing in front of one of four statements, and then talking to others about why they have chosen their corner. Flash Cards Creation - SWG joined their subgroup to create their individualized flashcards for the subtopic discussed for each age group: 5-8 9-12 13-15 An Analysis of Social Media Campaign Jan - March 2020
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PRE & POST TRAINING SURVEYS ANALYSIS How comfortable are you working with the other SWG members?
How comfortable do you feel working with kids?
knowledge on Menstruation
Knowledge on Puberty
Knowledge on Personal Space
80% were comfortable working with other members
Pre Post
ALL were comfortable working with other members
Pre
86.7% were comfortable working with kids
Post
ALL were comfortable working with kids
Pre
60% had knowledge on Menstruation
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81.8% had knowledge on Menstruation
Pre
60% had knowledge on Puberty
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90.9% had knowledge on Puberty
Pre
66.7% had knowledge on Personal Space
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ALL had knowledge on Personal Space
Pre
60% had knowledge on SelfLove
Post
80.1% had knowledge on SelfLove
Knowledge on Self-Love
Suggestions An Analysis of Social Media Jan - March 2020
To have the training split in 2 sessions To have longer Training sessions Campaign
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29/02/2020 - ACTIVITY DAY Children rotated between the 4 booths (Puberty, Menstruation, SelfLove, Personal space) and were provided with a card to be stamped when they completed each topic activity. Each topic station had interactive educational activities and giveaways. At the end of the planned activities, children were directed to pass by the evaluation booth to explore their ideas and attitudes and offer them their gifts.
To reach 50 children To teach 80% of children participants on self love To teach 80% of children participants on personal space To teach 50% of children participants on puberty To teach 50% of children participants on menstruation
Key Concepts
Puberty Basics of Puberty Physical and emotional changes Coping strategies Maintaining Good Health and Hygiene
Menstruation Quick basic Anatomy Education Menstrual cycle Physical and Emotional Changes Coping Strategies Menstrual Hygiene
Self Love Foster self-esteem Develop fulfilling relations Develop the skills to maintain healthy relationships with self &others &give meaning to expressing emotions & needs.
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Personal Space & Touch Private Body Parts Good and Bad Touch Personal Boundaries understand and ensure the protection of their rights throughout their lives
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29/02/2020 - ACTIVITY DAY LET'S TALK ABOUT PUBERTY The puberty booth activities and material were created by Aliya, Leena, & Amr. They used diagrams on board to explain the reproductive systems and puberty physical changes, and pin it game for children to pin the names of the reproductive system parts. Giveaways included candies after playing shell game and hand made hearts.
LET'S TALK ABOUT MENSTRUATION The Menstruation booth activities and material were created by Rafa, Hakem, & Necah. They used diagrams and posters to explain menstruation, Q and A jar for children to pick from to answer, beads and threads to make menstrual cycle bracelet where specific bead colors are equivalent to number of days of menstrual cycle. Also, they had an exhibit of different items used for menstrual hygiene which includes pads, liners, and tampons. Giveaways were mini survival kit which includes menstrual calendar and chocolates. An Analysis of Social Media Campaign Jan - March 2020
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29/02/2020 - ACTIVITY DAY LET'S TALK ABOUT SELF-LOVE The Self- Love booth activities and material were created by Ahmed, Sara, & Jawaher. The activities created were a Spinner (with 4 different colors matching to the balloons and balloons were filled with a positive affirmation and a chocolate), and Self esteem dice. Stickers on self love and with positive affirmations were given to the children.
LET'S TALK ABOUT PERSONAL SPACE The Personal Space booth activities and material were created by Soubiya, Aya, & Mohamed. The activities created included prince Ali and princess Jasmine photos and pins to teach the children about their private body parts, good and bad touch, and that their body is their right, a comic on how to react to bad touch, and characters and scenarios of good and bad touch for the boundaries circle.
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POST ACTIVITY EVALUATION 12 working members
with 66.6% girls
Number of children reached
60
90%
70%
of children reported increase in skills, attitudes &knowledge on Self love
of children reported increase in skills, attitudes &knowledge on Menstruation
90%
80%
of children reported increase in skills, attitudes &knowledge on Personal Space
of children reported increase in skills, attitudes &knowledge on Puberty
Suggestions by SWG To have more preparation time; at least 2 weeks. To prepare activities that do not depend on the weather. To have shaded areas and a lunch break. To work more on advertisement of the event.
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Campaign Satisfaction One of the most important factors of the campaign's success is the satisfaction of the activities done.
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All SWG members reported that they enjoyed the event and were satisfied that children got equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to adapt to puberty and stay healthy. All members reported that they had a good interaction with parents and children. Some members reported that they struggled to explain some of the concepts to younger children and suggested to concentrate more on this aspect in the training session.
Testominies "The children were amazing and they were willing to learn and they were very cooperative. The parents were great too and did not pressure us in any way and made us comfortable talking to their children." "Everything went well. It couldn’t have been more incredible!!" "The event was well organised and the cards given to the kids made them go through all the 4 booths. Also adding an evaluation booth this year assured that the kids learned something from the event." "Families were very friendly and supportive"
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Contributors Your SCORA National Team 2019/2020; Cosi, Ghada, & Nadin would like to thank all contributors to the success of "Let's Talk About Puberty" Activity: WCM-Q Pediatrics Interest Group Small Working Group Members on " Let's Talk About Puberty" Activity: Ahmad Ryad Hamdan, Aliya Muzafar, Amr Adel, Aya Adelhamid, Hakem Al Meqdad, Jawaher matiullah, Leena Aboidris, Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim Mohamed, Necah Marie Gimotea, Rafaa Abdelrahman Ali, Sara abdelrahman, Soubiya ansari. Make sure you follow us at scora.qmsa to stay updated with all SCORA initiatives, opportunities, and events!
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Thank you to all the SCORAngels who participated in the different activities of " Let's Talk About Puberty". Your involvement helped to make this campaign a great success ! With Love Always, Your SCORA Team