Additional Context: This quote was collected as part of The Aid Report's original reporting, "In Nepal, US ends effort to help women make life-or-death choices." The reporter looked into the impacts of aid cuts on a nationwide program designed to "break gender norms that undervalued women's lives." The Adolescent Reproductive Health, or ARH, program worked across homes, schools, and villages to shift behaviors around pregnancy, childbirth, and adolescent health.

This information was provided to The Aid Report by Mona Sherpa, country director for CARE Nepal. CARE Nepal implemented the ARH program before it was terminated.

Source: Devex