{"id":12483,"date":"2017-02-23T17:41:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T12:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=12483"},"modified":"2017-02-23T18:19:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T12:49:19","slug":"ministry-of-health-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/ministry-of-health-homosexuality.html","title":{"rendered":"It Is Natural To Get Attracted To The Same Gender, Says Ministry of Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The &#8216;Saathiya&#8217; Resource Kit and &#8216;Saathiya Salah&#8217; mobile app were launched by the Health Secretary C K Mishra on Monday. They are a part of the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) which introduces peer educators called \u201cSaathiya\u201d. \u00a0It promotes adolescent health services and imparts appropriate knowledge on major adolescent health issues. This program will provide necessary support to adolescent groups in the domain of sex and productive education. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12484\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/23173350\/saathiya-resource-kit-launch.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12484\" src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/23173350\/saathiya-resource-kit-launch.jpg\" alt=\"saathiya-resource-kit-launch\" width=\"960\" height=\"788\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: hindustantimes.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Health minister emphasised that adolescents are critical assets for the country. The resource kit keeps this as an important aspect. The Resource kit includes an activity book, a game, a question-answer booklet, and a Peer education diary. <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 5px 20px 5px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; background-color: #f9f9f9; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-align: center; font-size: 15px;\">\n<p><strong>Section 377 is a part of the country\u2019s statute books but contradicting to it, the Resource kit mentions it is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2018natural\u2019<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">to feel attracted<\/span> towards members of the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">same gender.<\/span> It breaks the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">stigma of same-sex<\/span> attraction and also emphasises on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">respect and consent<\/span>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The other key points on the Resource kit include the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">issue of contraception<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">gender-based violence<\/span>. It tackles the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">issues of gender-based labelling<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">bullying<\/span>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Health Ministry partnering with United Nations Population Fund and Population Foundation of India have prepared this resource material. At present, they will be training over 1.6 lakh peer educators who will educate adolescents at the root level. The program aims to bring about a change toward the sexual well-being of the adolescents and gender-based discrimination in the rural setup. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>With this initiative, we hope several stereotypes will be broken and the country will become\u00a0happier and healthier. <\/strong><b>If you need to help to cope with your emotions, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdost.com\/talkItOut?yd_source=YDBlog&amp;yd_medium=InternalLinking&amp;yd_content=NaturalToGetAttractedToSameSex_campaign=BlogPostPromotion\">Talk to the Experts<\/a> at YourDOST. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Saathiya&#8217; Resource Kit and &#8216;Saathiya Salah&#8217; mobile app were launched by the Health Secretary C K Mishra on Monday. 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