In-Depth Interview Guideline - Final Version
In-Depth Interview Guideline - Final Version
In-Depth Interview Guideline - Final Version
Demographic characteristics
- Age, education, Occupation; Organising activities, other information
- Professional/Voluntary involvement and experiences in SRHR issues and services
Gender
- What do you understand about gender and sex? How do you differentiate among them?
- What are gender roles, and why do gendered roles vary from male to female?
- How do gendered roles affect men’s and women’s wellbeing?
(Prov: Social and mental well-being)
Gender-Based Violence
- What are violence and gender-based violence?
- What do you mean by sexual harassment or sexual violence?
- Do you think that sexual violence may happen in conjugal relationships? How?
- What kind of gender and sexual harassment, violence and inequality do female students
face in public spaces? (Prov: Educational institutions, local transport, i.e., bus, train,
CNG other vehicles)
- If an incident happens in a public space, how do people react to it? Can you share any
incidents?
- Do you ever face any gender or sexual harassment, violence or inequality?
- What would you like to suggest that might help reduce the incidents of gender-based or
sexual harassment, violence and inequality?
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Part 2: Knowledge and Perceptions of SRHR
Menstruation
- What do young people know about menstruation and menstrual hygiene management?
- What are the challenges EMG faces for menstrual hygiene management?
- What kinds of information are needed to be provided to community (i.e. EMG, parents)
regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene management?
Puberty
- What do you know about puberty?
- Who needs to know this information (probe: needs of adolescents, parents)? Why?
Early Marriage
- Why do early marriages occur?
- What are the impacts of early marriage on girls?
- What harmful social norms affect early-marriage girls regarding their SRHR?
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- What is the basic information they do need for MR?
- Who can be informed about this information?
Family planning
- What do you understand about ‘family planning’ and contraception ?
- Why are family planning and contraception important?
- What are the main problems field staff (FWVs) face in providing this information?
- What are the usual complaints from the field regarding the decision and use of
contraception?
- How can girls and women overcome their challenges regarding using contraception?
Safe Motherhood
- What do you understand about (in)fertility?
- Why has infertility occurred?
- How can the decision about pregnancy influence the life of a woman? Any relatable
stories that you heard from others?
- Why do girls and women experience unwanted pregnancies? What are the possible ways
to avoid unwanted pregnancies?
- What are the major challenges in receiving ANC, PNC and institutional delivery?
Sexual Relation
- How do you perceive healthy sexual relationships? Why is it important?
- What do you know about safe sex? How can sex be safe?
- What do think about sexual abuse? Why did sexual abuse happen? Who are the
perpetrators?
- Do you think youth, including both males and females, need to know about healthy and
safe sexual relations? What do others need to know about these issues?
STI, HIV
- What do you know about STIs, RTIs, and HIV/AIDS?
- What kinds of information do you provide to the community regarding STIs?
- What are the referral mechanisms followed for STI-related services by field staff?
- What challenges do girls and women face in dealing with STIs and stigma around STIs?