Influencing Body Politics: Women and girls in charge of their own sexual and reproductive health to fulfil their potential in society.

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This project aimed to sustain and connect existing Oxfam Novib country and regional SRHR programs and projects, linking national and regional SRHR influencing efforts through the process of joint program development. Within the joint program development process, there was a recognized need to strengthen the capacity of national partners in designing Theories of Change, particularly in the area of influencing. The idea was to implement gender power analyses in several countries and test assumptions with the aim of informing and strengthening existing national SRHR lobby and advocacy initiatives from a women’s rights perspective.

The resulting knowledge product is a narrative report on the overall project, its process, and the results.

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  • Small Grants

  • 2014

  • Bangladesh

  • Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Laos

  • Mali

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Pakistan

  • Advocacy

  • Women and girls

  • Share-Net Netherlands

  • English

  • Narrative Report

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Final narrative report Influencing Body Politics

Programme Development on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Workshop Report The Hague 24-27 November 2014 (Annex 1)

Democratic Republic of Congo Workshop report (Annex 2)

Engaging men for equality = sustained change in women’s lives? A study of attitudes regarding gender equality and gender roles amongst participants of a men-engage program in Bukavu, DRC (Annex 3)

Theory of Change Diagram VAW Campaign (Annex 4)

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Oxfam Novib

Oxfam Novib is the Dutch affiliate of Oxfam, a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. This means that they tackle the inequality that keeps people poor.

Oxfam is an international confederation of 21 organisations (affiliates) plus the Oxfam International Secretariat, all working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. All our work is led by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality.