The TARANG Intervention

For newly married women, the intervention had one introductory rapport-building session, followed by 16 group sessions facilitated by trained female moderators over 5 months. The intervention aimed to empower participants by enhancing their understanding of fundamental topics such as menstruation, conception, and contraception, choice of a method among others. Sessions also covered topics to strengthen participants' sense of agency and their ability to make informed decisions regarding family planning and the timing of their first childbirth. Similarly, for husbands, a male moderator delivered sessions on four topics: Love, Relationships and Expectations; Conception and Health; Contraception Methods, and how to choose family planning methods. For MILs, a female moderator covered four sessions: Nutrition flag, Conception and Health, communication between family members, and the final session on relationships with daughter-in-law.