European Donor Support to Sexual & Reproductive Health & Family Planning: Trends Analysis 2017-18
Posted on February 4, 2019 at 11:01 am
New report by Countdown 2030 Europe, which analyses the most recent trends in SRH and FP policies and funding support by European donor countries. The analysis shows that SRH/FP funding largely remained protected, even where some cuts to Official ...
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‘Advocating for Change for Adolescents’ Toolkit
Posted on January 15, 2019 at 11:02 am
Today, there are more young people in the world than ever before, including 1.2 billion adolescents. Young people can bring about unprecedented societal and economic progress. However, they can only transform the world if they survive and thrive. Adolescence is ...
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Revised Inter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings
Posted on January 7, 2019 at 12:27 pm
The Inter‐Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG) is pleased to share the revised Inter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings. The Field Manual, which has guided the field of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in ...
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Making the Case for a Female-Friendly Toilet
Posted on January 7, 2019 at 11:47 am
Inadequate access to a private, comfortable, and well-located toilet remains a critical challenge for many girls and women around the world. This issue is especially acute for girls and women living in densely populated urban slums, displacement camps, and informal ...
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Designing a guideline for empowering married adolescent girls in reproductive health: a mixed-method study protocol
Posted on January 3, 2019 at 10:53 am
Investing in adolescent’s health, especially, the role of girls in community health and future generations is one of the most important strategies of the Millennium Development Goals. In this regard, supplying adolescents’ special needs including access to educational, health and ...
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Menstrual hygiene management among women and adolescent girls in the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal
Posted on January 2, 2019 at 11:53 am
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is an essential aspect of hygiene for women and adolescent girls between menarche and menopause. Despite being an important issue concerning women and girls in the menstruating age group MHM is often overlooked in post-disaster responses. ...
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Capabilities Matter: Role of young people’s abilities in promoting and protecting their sexual health and rights
Posted on December 19, 2018 at 10:30 am
Globally, within the domain of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), sexual health seems to be the neglected component. Health and development initiatives typically focus on particular components of SRHR: contraception, maternal & new-born health, and HIV/AIDS (Starrs et ...
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Offline: How to restore the credibility of UNAIDS
Posted on December 17, 2018 at 4:40 pm
“The UNAIDS Secretariat is in crisis, a crisis which threatens its vital work.” Astonishing does not even begin to describe the findings and recommendations of an Independent Expert Panel, set up to investigate harassment, including sexual harassment, bullying, and abuse ...
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Pilot testing and evaluation of a toolkit for menstrual hygiene management in emergencies in three refugee camps in Northwest Tanzania
Posted on December 17, 2018 at 4:36 pm
Displaced adolescent girls and women face many challenges managing their monthly menstrual flow with dignity and comfort in various challenging settings around the world, such as refugee camps, informal settlements, and while in transit across geographies as they flee disaster ...
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Report – Making the Case for Menstrual Health: Why Periods Matter for Sexual and Reproductive Health
Posted on December 17, 2018 at 11:07 am
On November 27th, 2018, PSI-Europe organized, in collaboration with Share-Net International, a breakfast meeting under the title “Making the Case for Menstrual Health: Why Periods Matter for Sexual and Reproductive Health”. The group discussed about how menstrual health can help ...
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