Mumbai:The ‘Family Planning Association of India (FPAI)’ has suggested that during the forthcoming Navaratri festival, condoms should be made freely available for sale. The demand has been made to create awareness amongst the youth about safe sexual relations. Dr. Suchitra Dalvi, the director of FPAI expressed her views in a recent meeting.
Every year, it has been observed that after Navaratri, there is increase in the number of cases of abortion. During the festival, young boys and girls are together till late in the night. It is not necessary that the parents are always aware of what their children are doing. Physical attraction develops among them and they want to have sexual relations, then why should they not be given training on family planning.
She further said that we have to accept this fact. As the Navaratri festival is approaching, we must discuss such issues with the youth. She thought that in fact, it was a good opportunity to spread the importance of contraceptives in society. Dr. Dalvi said that it was only a tip of the iceberg and they were planning to make the contraceptives available even at beauty parlors, college canteens and other public places like with ‘paan-wallas’.
Source: Daily Sanatan Prabhat
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