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Community Engagement for Promotion of Reproductive Health Rights (RHR) of Youth and Improve their Access to Reproductive Health (RH) Services under Sihat Mand Khaandaan Project

 

 

 

 

Donor:

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

 

Partners :

Rural Support Program Network (RSPN)

 

Districts :

Kambar Shahdadkot.

 

Duration :

01 Year

 

Objective :

The overall objective is to contribute in UNFPA’s effort to Support policy initiatives and advocacy for increased investment in marginalized young people, including access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR).

 

Major Activities

 

  • Community Engagement for Promotion of Reproductive Health Rights (RHR) of Youth and Improve their Access to Reproductive Health (RH) Services under Sihat Mand Khaandaan Project is a UNFPA funded six months project implemented by the Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) through Sindh Rural Support Organisation (SRSO) in Kambar Shahdadkot.
  • By engaging community institutions (LSOs/VOs), RSPN through SRSO,will achieve the objective by creating an enabling environment at the Community level for promotion of reproductive rights and health of youth, and ensuring youth are better informed about their reproductive health rights and have improved access to reproductive health services.
  • The project entails the following key activities and targets;
    1. Engagement of community institutions (LSOs/VOs) through dialogues, orientation and monthly meetings to create awareness on RHR issues and rights of youth, and seek community support.
    2. Youth Champions will be Identified and selected through VO dialogues, these Youth champions (50% girls) will be trained on RHR toolkit and further conduct awareness sessions with registered adolescents of their assigned population.
    3. Youth champions will be integrated in LSOs/VOs as Youth sub committees; they will regularly participate in routine meetings of VOs and LSOs and share RH issues being faced by youth and seek support of VO and LSO members to address these issues.
    4. Adolescent and youth-friendly spaces(AYSF) will be established and used to promote RHR by engaging community youth and adolescents, and parents, and also organize health camps for delivery of RH services for adolescents/youth.
    5. Dialogues will be held at the district and provincial level with concerned government stakeholders for policy recommendations where youth will share issues being faced by them and their peers in the community for accessing RH services, and also discuss how community leaders are tacking actions to address them in rural areas.

 

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