Our Story began when we started working on our social fair project in the ninth grade. The subject of discussion was South Asian immigrant women's sexual health. When we started working on our project, we were overcome with a burning passion that sprang from seeing how little important information there was about studies on women's sexual health in that demographic. In the absence of research, how were policies being made? How were people realizing how important it was to understand how our bodies functioned? After all, without this knowledge, how would we know when something wasn't right? The answer is we can’t.

We became aware of the situation when we came across a thesis presented by a South Asian PhD candidate, which talked about how our community's high incidence of cervical and ovarian cancer were caused by people not getting pap smears or screening services (Habib, 2008). This was a harsh reality check. 

But our curiosity about this didn't stop there. Women were not the only ones impacted by the lack of knowledge about the significance of reproductive health; the hazards were also handed down through the generations. The youngsters are more vulnerable to sexual assault and are less likely to disclose it to people they can trust when there is a lack of communication and education. And so the cycle goes on, with successive generations becoming less and less knowledgeable of the essentials of preserving optimal reproductive health. 

Hence, "Khairiyat" was born, an initiative that demonstrates the significance of these subjects and shows how we can do better through education and our own community to support people in becoming aware of them and willing to have these conversations, as well as to close the gap for the generations to come. We not only hope to highlight the importance for our community but work in coordination, so, together, we can change the status quo.