Empowering Change: Breaking Down Gender Norms through Positive Masculinity in the DRC
Interventions focused on men and boys can broaden the possibilities for challenging gender norms and masculine ideals that can hinder sexual reproductive health and mobilize advances in gender inequality in humanitarian settings.
12 Years: Successes and Challenges of the Ouagadougou Partnership
A few weeks before the annual meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership to be held from December 11 to 13 in Abidjan, the director of the Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit (OPCU), Marie Bâ lifts the veil on the successes and challenges of the Ouagadougou Partnership (OP), 12 years after its founding.
12 ANS APRÈS : RÉUSSITES ET DÉFIS DU PARTENARIAT DE OUAGADOUGOU
A quelques semaines de la réunion annuelle du Partenariat de Ouagadougou qui se tiendra du 11 au 13 décembre à Abidjan, la directrice de l’Unité de Coordination du Partenariat de Ouagadougou (UCPO), Marie Bâ lève le coin du voile sur les succès et défis du Partenariat de Ouagadougou (PO), 12 ans après.
New High Impact Practice Briefs on Social and Behavior Change for Family Planning
The HIPs Partnership in collaboration with the IBP Network recently hosted a three-part webinar series to highlight three recently-published High Impact Practice (HIP) briefs on Social and Behavior Change (SBC) for family planning. The three briefs were launched at the SBCC Summit in December 2022.
FP/RH Champion Spotlight: Strong Enough Girls’ Empowerment Initiative (SEGEI)
SEGEI empowers adolescents and young women through education, mentorship, and comprehensive sexuality education. Its three main goals are to ignite—help its beneficiaries find and use their voices and talents to become their own advocates, nurture—SEGEI helps beneficiaries with academic, health, and professional attainment, and harness—tap into the talents of beneficiaries to promote community empowerment.
Youth, Faith, and Contraception in Francophone Africa
In francophone Africa, young people ages 15–24 have difficulty accessing quality family planning (FP) information and services. In addition, they have a higher contraceptive discontinuation rate than older women and are particularly sensitive to adverse effects. In March 2022, Population Reference Bureau (PRB) convened a series of four webinars as a follow-up to the dialogue on
Jeunesse, Religion et Contraception en Afrique francophone
En Afrique francophone, les jeunes âgés de 15 à 24 ans ont difficilement accès aux informations et services de planification familiale (PF) de qualité. De plus, ils affichent un taux d’abandon de la contraception supérieur à celui de leurs aînées et sont particulièrement sensibles aux effets indésirables. En mars 2022, PRB a tenu une série de
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?
Le Partenariat de Ouagadougou tient son deuxième dialogue régional des jeunes
Le Partenariat de Ouagadougou (PO) a tenu la deuxième édition de son dialogue régional des jeunes du 13 au 15 septembre 2021 à Abidjan. Sous le thème " Les jeunes agissent pour populariser des normes sociales favorables à la SRA ", le PO et ses partenaires ont produit des supports de communication adaptés pour faciliter l'accès
Family Planning Association Nepal Is Leaving No One Behind
Created in 1959, Family Planning Association Nepal (FPAN) is the country’s first national sexual and reproductive health service delivery and advocacy organization. Sixty-three years later, FPAN continues to ensure that family planning (FP) information and services are available and accessible to families—no matter their identity, ability, location, gender, or socioeconomic status.