Talking about it Reproductive health, and family planning are important elements of many Oxfam programmes.
Sexual education remains an extremely sensitive, 'closed' topic in Armenian society.
This is particularly true in rural areas, where most parents and adults do not discuss it, even among themselves. Parents are too shy to provide their own children with adequate information, leading young people to rely on what they learn 'on the street', from other children, or from television. Recent nationwide surveys have indicated a critical need for reproductive health and family-planning projects. People lack sufficient knowledge about, and access to alternative methods of family planning and are extremely unaware of the health risks and complications associated with multiple abortions. While a National Programme on Reproductive Health started in 1996, most activities until now have been directed at improved clinical family planning and reproductive health services.