Female Genital Mutilation: A Sexual Gender Rights Issue and Disability
In some areas, FGM is carried out during infancy, as early as a couple of days after birth. In others, it takes place during childhood, at the time of marriage, during a woman's first pregnancy or after the birth of her first child.
El Avance De La Discapacidad En Ecuador Como Prioridad De La Cobertura Sanitaria Universal
En Ecuador, si bien ha habido importantes avances políticos que reconocen a las personas con discapacidad (PCD) como titulares de derechos, persisten muchas situaciones de exclusión debido a las condiciones de pobreza o pobreza extrema que afectan a muchas PCD, y el acceso real a la salud de las PCD sigue sin lograrse.
Advancing Disability In Ecuador As An Universal Health Coverage Priority
In Ecuador, while there have been significant policy advances that recognize persons with disabilities (PWD) as rights holders, many situations of exclusion persist due to conditions of poverty or extreme poverty that affect many PWD, and real access to health for PWD remains unachieved.
Beyond Humanitarian Settings: Young People’s Needs For Family Planning Remain Unmet in DRC
Gender inequality and gender-based violence (GBV) are serious concerns for refugees from the DRC. In the spring of 2022, the conflict in Eastern DRC escalated when the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) rebel military group engaged in fighting with the government in the North-Kivu province.
Gender Issues in Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes
In 2023, Young and Alive Initiative are working in partnership with USAID, and IREX through the youth excel project, we are implementing a gender transformative program for adolescent boys and young men in the southern highlands of Tanzania. The reason we focused on men this time is because men and boys have often been overlooked in
Asia Regional Cohort 3: Meaningful Youth Engagement (MYE) In Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health (AYSRH)
In July 2023, as part of the Asia region Learning Circles cohort 3, twenty-two professionals working in various capacities in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) came together to learn, share knowledge, and connect.
Spotlight on People-Planet Connection: Edith Ngunjiri on Blue Ventures
Blue Ventures started integrating health interventions, addressing a huge unmet need for family planning. We came to understand that we were addressing a health need which is part of a broader ecosystem consisting of conservation, health, livelihood, and other challenges.
Navigating Sexual Reproductive Health as a Young Person
This spotlight series will focus on our valued KM champions in East Africa and shed light on their journey to working in FP/RH. In today’s post, we spoke with Mercy Kipng'eny, a program assistant for SHE SOARS project at the Center for Study of Adolescence in Kenya.
Creating Safe Spaces for Youth-Led Organizations to Share Failures
Prompted by a “Fail Fest” session at the 2022 International Conference on Family Planning, Youth Leader Joy Munthali offers her recommendations on how donors can create safe spaces for young people or youth-led organizations to openly share their experiences of learning from failure without hurting their reputation.
Updates and Highlights on the NextGen RH CoP Design Framework
In a July 2022 post about the NextGen RH Community of Practice (CoP), the authors announced the structure of the platform, its advisory committee members, and its new design process. This blog post will cover major structural advancements the team is making to ensure the successful recruitment and retention of future members.