Nepal
Radio Listeners Groups/Participatory Learning and Action Study (PLA/RLG)
Activity Dates
2004-2007
Activity Summary
The overall objective of the study was to assess the effects of the PLA/RLG activities for promoting contraceptive use among the people of marginalized groups of Nepal, mainly Dalits and Muslims. The study aimed to assess whether participants of the PLA RLGs are more likely to use a modern contraceptive method than those who do not participate and to what extent the program messages are diffused from the PLA/RLGs to other members of the community.
A PLA/RLG study report conducted in 2006 among 1,679 respondents (839 PLA/RLG members and 420 from non-PLA/RLG and control areas) revealed that by the end of the project, the percentage of respondents who were currently using any method of FP was significantly higher among PLA/RLG members (44.8%) than those of non-PLA/RLG members and respondents of control areas (36.9%). The project monitoring data conducted among 9,321 PLA/RLG members showed that the level of contraceptive use among the participants had increased significantly from the level of 39% just before the start of the program activities to 52% in June 2006. The survey results indicated that the program has been instrumental in increasing the ability of women in different aspects of life as a result of their participation in PLA/RLG. For instance, over 85% of the respondents acknowledged that they became able to use family planning; another 76% said that they became able to talk freely in front of the group; 62% claimed that they were able to read and write as a result of their participation in PLA/RLG.
Please see the detailed report for the results on various issues concerning family planning, literacy empowerment, decision making, and exposure to TV program, and knowledge on methods.
Audience
Women of reproductive age from among the poor and marginalized communities of the intervention VDCs
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