Did you know Health, Population and Environment (HPE), the subject that once covered periods, puberty and basic sexual and reproductive health is now optional in Nepali secondary schools? That change matters. A lot.

In this episode of Period Kaa Kura, we sit down with Nirajan Khadka, SRHR Technical Advisor at Plan Nepal, to ask the hard questions: What role should civil society play when the curriculum fails? How can CSOs help make SRH information accessible, accurate and practical for students in grades 9–12? And what does an accountable, community-led approach to menstrual and reproductive education actually look like on the ground?

🎧 Listen to the episode on Period Kaa Kura, available on all major podcast platforms. Share this with a teacher, a school principal, or anyone who still thinks “they’ll learn later."