PIERI-11204 Effect of Sexuality and Procreation Education on Health and Poverty Reduction of Girls in Rural China - The Case study in Gansu Province, China

Abstract

Most of girls from rural area in Gansu will stop studying at school after they finish secondary school, and go to cities to find an off-farming job. Those girls leave their parents, lack knowledge on sexuality and procreation issues, they are more likely to hurt by abortion and venereal diseases. This study shows that a good training on sexuality and procreation issues can help those girls to protect themselves from abortion and venereal diseases, thus have better health and human capital, which can help them to get a better career and income. Government should provide free education on sexuality and procreation issues for those girls, not only they can get benefit, but also good for next generation.


Members

Project leader: Wei Qu

Project researchers: Qijun Liu | Miao Hu | Qin Tu | Huijuan Zheng | Jin WANG | Qiong Jia


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Final report

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Proposal

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