In Uganda, a New Approach to Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence: Training Men
Women continue to experience various forms of violence across Uganda, can training men help to shatter cultural perceptions of gender and correspondingly work to prevent gender based violence?
Premarital Family Planning and Reproductive Health Counseling in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has the highest rate of child marriage in Asia. Early marriage leads to a poorer quality of life for girls. It is detrimental to their agency and ability to obtain or continue education. So, in order to improve young couples’ quality of life and encourage them to make informed decisions, the Bangladesh Center for Communication
JFLAG Champions LGBTQ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Jamaica
Recently, Knowledge SUCCESS Program Officer II Brittany Goetsch chatted with Sean Lord, Senior Program Officer at the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG), about LGBTQ* AYSRH and how JFLAG pursues their vision of building a society that values all individuals, irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In this interview, Sean details his
Meaningfully Engaging Youth: A Snapshot of the Asia Experience
On March 22, 2022, Knowledge SUCCESS hosted Meaningfully Engaging Youth: A Snapshot of the Asia Experience. The webinar highlighted experiences from four organizations in the Asia region working to co-create youth-friendly programs, ensure quality FP/RH services for youth, develop youth-friendly policies, and meet the FP/RH needs of youth at different levels of the health system. Did
Inside the FP Story’s Third Season Launches
The Inside the FP Story podcast explores the fundamentals of designing and implementing family planning programming. Season 3 is brought to you by Knowledge SUCCESS, Breakthrough ACTION, and the USAID Interagency Gender Working Group. It will explore how to approach gender integration in family planning programs—including reproductive empowerment, gender-based violence prevention and response, and male engagement.
Skilled Birth Attendants: The Last Mile Link
Safe Delivery Safe Mother aims to address high fertility and reduce maternal mortality in Pakistan. Recently, the group implemented a pilot project that trained over 160 government-deployed Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs) in the Multan district of the Punjab province. The six-month pilot project concluded in February. The Safe Delivery Safe Mother team is in the process
Early Adoption of AI in Family Planning Programs
Increasing investments in emerging technologies across low- and-middle income countries have created unprecedented opportunities to leverage digital innovations to enhance voluntary family planning programs. In particular, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to gain new insights into family planning and optimize decision-making can have a lasting impact on programs, services, and users. Current advances in AI
Une stratégie pour optimiser l’engagement des acteurs de la société civile du Partenariat de Ouagadougou
Depuis sa création, le Partenariat de Ouagadougou (PO) œuvre pour l’amélioration et la promotion de la santé reproductive et l’accès à l’information et aux services de planification familiale dans la sous région Ouest Africaine Francophone. Pour optimiser cette lutte, les Gouvernements, les donateurs du PO, et les partenaires de mise en œuvre locaux et internationaux se
The Drug Shop Operators Handbook
In July 2021, USAID’s Research for Scalable Solutions (R4S) project, led by FHI 360, released the Drug Shop Operators' Provision of Injectable Contraception manual. The handbook shows how drug shop operators can coordinate with the public health system to safely provide an expanded method mix that includes injectables, as well as training for clients on self-injection.
Introducing 20 Essential Resources: Quality Contraceptive Implant Removal
The Implant Removal Task Force is excited to partner with Knowledge SUCCESS to bring you this curated collection of resources for contraceptive implant removal, highlighting a critical, yet often-overlooked, component of contraceptive implant scale-up.