Tackling Taboos: Showcasing innovations in sexual and reproductive health
Channel: Sankalp Forum
Date: 16/11/2022

Sexual and reproductive health remains a challenging topic to tackle across India and the world even today. Along with the traditional approaches of better awareness and access to knowledge and services, it is necessary to harness innovative methods and technologies for enhancing SRH and in making them mainstream which are discussed and debated openly. Jhpiego is currently working with a cohort of entrepreneurs in the domain of sexual and reproductive health in India who are working to tackle both the service and product-level challenges in this domain. This cohort of entrepreneurs aims to tackle some pressing challenges related to sexual and reproductive health including menstrual health, creating safe spaces for ‘taboo’ topics like sexuality and sexual health, and other aspects of SRH through cutting-edge online tools, AI-based bots and solutions to reduce and manage waste generated by period products. This session will include a discussion on their entrepreneurial journeys, and their experience of working with topics still awaiting open discussion in society.