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Lessons learned on programmatic collaboration between key populations: A case study of BUZA’s Bridging the Gaps – Health and rights for key populations global alliance

• Small Grants

The aim of this proposal was to conduct operational research on lessons learned regarding programmatic collaboration between organisations representing key populations with documentation and publication as output.

The power of confident young people: a comparative study of the effects of an edutainment approach to sexuality education for youth

• Small Grants

This project aimed to conduct a comparative study to investigate the added values of an entertainment-education and empowerment approach to sexuality education for youth in Tanzania.

Mobile for Mothers: Is a mobile application the way forward to improving safe motherhood? A quasi-experimental study in India

• Small Grants

Mobile for Mothers is a case management solution for Community Health Workers, Sahiyyas, in Jharkhand.

Understanding differentials in district performance in adolescent reproductive health service quality & coverage in Rwanda

• Small Grants

This project aimed to validate claims that Rwanda has made significant progress in health indicators, including sexual and reproductive health.

Assessing the impact of a novel research-based intervention to improve access to contraceptive choices among HIV-infected women from Western India.

• Small Grants

The primary aim of this proposal is to assess the impact of an existing research-based intervention designed to assist HIV-infected women and men to make more informed decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health.

Exploring youth explicit media usage to improve the responsiveness of CSE programs in the Great Lakes Region

• Small Grants

This research project aimed to explore young people’s exposure to sexually explicit media in the African Great Lakes region and the extent to which it influences their sexual identity development. The findings were intended to create comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programming that is better equipped to respond to the realities in their local contexts.

From research to action in Burundi Using evidence gathered by people living with HIV to inform advocacy

• Small Grants

This project aimed to develop evidence-driven advocacy to promote the SRHR of people living with HIV in Burundi.

Getting the hearts and minds of Bangladesh stakeholders ready for the introduction of female condoms (based on the experience of global UAFC and local HLL/HLFPPT condom knowledge and infrastructure)

• Small Grants

This project aimed to organize, inform, discuss, and align with all relevant stakeholders in Bangladesh to introduce and promote the use of FC among women, girls, and men in the country.

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

• Small Grants

In this project, Oxfam Novib conducted gender power analyses in a number of countries and tested several assumptions to inform and strengthen existing national SRHR lobby and advocacy efforts from a women’s rights perspective.

Involuntarily childlessness ‘ low cost’ IVF and fertility organisations in Ghana and Kenya: enhancing knowledge and awareness

• Small Grants

This project seeks to raise awareness about infertility and childlessness among stakeholders, particularly in resource-poor areas through multi-methods studies and dissemination activities, with a focus on understanding the potential impact of interventions.

Preventing postpartum haemorrhage: task shifting in the Active Management of the Third Stage of Labour

• Small Grants

This project aimed to compare the effectiveness of uterine tone assessment by midwives versus patient self-assessment in managing the third stage of labor.

Exploration of mental health needs and support systems among the LGBT population in Bangladesh

• Small Grants

This research project aimed to provide recommendations for enhancing the mental health of the LGBT population in Bangladesh.

Long term International partnership Department Obstetrics & Gynecology of the University of Gondar and affiliated health centres, Ethiopia and Dutch Working Party on International Safe Motherhood & Reproductive Health

• Small Grants

This project is the first step of a 3 year long partnership between the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (O&G) of the University of Gondar and affiliated health centres, Ethiopia (GU) and the Dutch Working Party on International Safe Motherhood & Reproductive Health (WP-ISMRH).

DECODING SRHR: A Digital Toolkit for Better Understanding of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in Bangladesh

• Small Grants

Digital toolkit on ‘Understanding SRHR’ for policymakers, program implementers, and practitioners in Bangladesh working for SRHR.

Prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan)

• Small Grants

The project addresses risks faced by women during childbirth in Central Asia, highlighting the lack of awareness among healthcare providers about rights-based and client-centered approaches. Specifically focusing on Kyrgyzstan, the initiative aims to introduce an ethical code into the constitution of midwives' and ob/gyns' professional organizations, with the goal of setting a precedent for improved respect for reproductive rights and enhanced quality of maternity services across Central Asia.

Developing a case-based model: mobilising corporate companies’ resources to ensure sustainability of youth-focused SRHR programs

• Small Grants

The aim of this project was to invigorate the youth sector by strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations working with youth in the field of SRHR in India through developing an effective and sustainable case-based model of mobilising local corporate resources.

Basic Life Skills for Psycho-social Wellbeing of Transgender Youths in Bangladesh

• Small Grants

Through both training and research components, this project aims to empower young transgender individuals by enhancing their confidence, awareness of rights, and respect for their sexuality.

A Study on the Status Quo of Reproductive Health Programs in Relation to Persons with Disabilities

• Small Grants

The aims of the study are to identify the reproductive health programs in Jordan that address PWDs needs; to raise awareness and combat stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices relating to persons with disabilities, including those based on sex and age, in all areas of life; and to measure the level of awareness among PWDs and their families in their right to access reproductive health programs in Jordan that address their needs on an equal basis.

Collaboration réactive entre acteurs promotion SSR des adolescents et jeunes: province Cibitoke

• Small Grants

The aim of this project was to stimulate collaboration between Stakeholders in the Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Youth in Burundi.

Renforcement des capacités du système de documentation des cas de violences basées sur le genre au Burundi

• Small Grants

Capacity Building of the Documentation System on Cases of Gender-based Violence in Burundi (French only).

Willingness to Pay for Male and Female Condoms Among Urban Kenyans

• Small Grants

The aim of this project is to explore the willingness of consumers to pay for condoms (male and female) that will inform the estimation of potential demand and pricing strategies in the commercial market.

Social Norms underpinning SRHR violations in Nigeria: Translating Research for use in Influencing Policy and Practice

• Small Grants

The aim is to translate the research on deepened understanding about social norms in Nigeria into materials useful for the ‘ENOUGH’ campaign, which Oxfam will co-create and implement with local partners including women and human rights organisations and youth movements.

Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: a Participatory Process to Translate Research into Action

• Small Grants

This project worked to tailor the findings to the needs of each target audience (alliance partners, country partners, policymakers), to be able to effectively promote changes in policies and practice. The outcomes of the additional analysis of the country case studies will help us to translate the research into action plans and into products to be used by each of the target audiences, for improved collaboration and for evidence-based advocacy.

Capacity-strengthening for national-level policy change: Europe Unite for CSE rights

• Small Grants

The aim of this project was to advocate for the implementation of CSE programs in Eastern Europe by creating a supportive environment for CSE integration in national-level policies.

The Positive Effect of Father’s Involvement During Maternity Care for His Wife

• Small Grants

The aim of this project was to develop, implement and evaluate an intervention to promote father inclusion of MNH. In addition, researchers wanted to promote active fathers’ inclusion and enhance community awareness and advocacy for the positive role of fathers.

Maternal and newborn services in Jordan: Rapid Health Facility Assessment

• Small Grants

The aim of this was to determine the capacity of health facilities to provide obstetric and neonatal care and assess the quality of care provided during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum periods.

Development of outcome indicators to assess the impact of integrating youth sexual reproductive health information programs into higher education curriculum in Jordan

• Small Grants

The aim of this project was to create a new programme to integrate sexual reproductive health with other efforts to improve education and information for health promotion in the curriculum.

From research to practice: the value of five years of maternal health research collaboration in Ghana

• Small Grants

This project aimed to illustrate the value of research and research capacity building to improve maternal health in Ghana and to share and build support for the value of maternal health research in Ghana and the Netherlands.

To Porn, Or Not To Porn? That Is The Question: Addressing the Lack of Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Ethiopia

• Small Grants

The aim of this project was to address these growing educational and emotional needs through a CSE product that provides relevant, readily accessible information about sex and sexual and reproductive health care.

Promote SRHR and Inclusion in the Government’s National Plan of Action on Adolescent Health Strategy 2017-2030 in Bangladesh

• Small Grants

The aim of this project was to enable 60 adolescents from marginalized groups to review and provide inputs in the National Plan of Action on Adolescent Health Strategy 2017-2030 through enhancing their knowledge and confidence. In addition, they want to promote the inclusion of that group in the plan mentioned above through advocacy.

"Translating SRHR”: an English – Bangla Dictionary Application

• Small Grants

This project develop a user–friendly SRHR dictionary application that can be used on cell phones, laptops and tablets

CSE, teachers and formal and informal curricula: A qualitative analysis on the role of teachers in enhancing young women and men’s SRHR

• Small Grants

The project aims to gain a better understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of CSE programmes in the Global South, with a focus on the approach taken to address various forms of gender-based violence, including child marriage (Literature review on CSE); investigate the role of teachers and classroom practices in efforts to enhance young men and women’s SHRH, particularly in addressing child marriage in Ethiopia (Case Study in Ethiopia); disseminate knowledge to policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders in Ethiopia and NL by organizing workshops; and strengthen the knowledge generation and dissemination capacity of DEC.

School-based sexuality education in Tanzania

• Small Grants

This paper reflects on the findings of a study that compared two secondary school-based sexuality education programmes: the Dance4Life sexuality education edutainment approach implemented by Restless Development, a non-governmental organisation (intervention), and an HIV prevention education approach implemented by the government (comparison), to understand into what extent a peer-led edutainment approach can be beneficial in increasing young people’s empowerment, as measured by knowledge, life skills and self-efficacy, ultimately contributing to improved sexual and reproductive health outcomes.

Jembatan Project: Towards Integrating Infertility in SRHR programming

• Small Grants

Developing a replicable model and practical tool for integrating infertility in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) plans and programmes. The aim was to upscale and improve interventions to address infertility by stimulating exchange and collaboration between infertility support groups and NGOs focusing on SRHR.

Evidence-based Advocacy: Championing Sex Ed in Europe (CSE)

• Small Grants

The project focused on advocating for implementing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programs in Europe. Evidence shows that CSE programs improve the sexual and reproductive health and well-being of young people. Considering the current challenges worldwide in advancing the SRHR agenda, CHOICE and YouAct encourage young people to voice their needs and advocate for their rights.

#Menstrual Health Matters

• Small Grants

Knowledge products from a peer ethnographic study on menstrual health and hygiene management in Nepal.

Transforming capacities into advocacy-SRHR of young girls from marginalized communities in India

• Small Grants

Through this project, Sama has been able to revisit its conversations with young girls from marginalized groups- dalits and tribal communities etc in rural parts of select States-about their rights, affirming their expressions as part of SRHR discussions. Workshops with young girls (125 girls were reached out to as part of this process) were conducted as envisaged albeit in a delayed manner and different format of online medium/ZOOM given the Covid surrounding situations and restrictions.

Speak out -- Break the Silence around Sub/infertility 

• Small Grants

Investigating if gamifying online sexuality education content increases young people’s engagement with sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information.

• Small Grants

This project investigated if gamifying online sexuality education content increases young people’s engagement with sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information.

Generating debate and visualising change

• Small Grants

Assessing the uptake of three visualisation tools in change processes geared to improving young people’s SRHR.

Perspectives of Pregnant Asylum-Seeking Women on Implementation of a Screening Tool for Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD

• Small Grants

Promoting Breast Feeding Initiation and Support

• Small Grants

This project focused on the essential activity of upgrading the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Guide to include safe practices in an emergency situation (like COVID-19 Pandemic), to ensure the continuation of protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and new-born services.

SRHR eHealth

• Covid-19 Grants

• Small Grants

This study worked to investigate easy and safe access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Jordan during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Exploring the factors that inhibit or contribute to the sustainability of school interventions on menstrual health (MH)

• Small Grants

This project focused on assessing the sustainability of school interventions within the Ritu program and disseminating the findings. Conducted by Dhaka University with support from Simavi and Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS), the study produced data that informed a report and a fact sheet created by Simavi. BNPS utilized these materials to develop a position paper and policy brief. These resources served as the foundation for an online event hosted by BNPS and a webinar by Simavi and Share-Net. They were also distributed through social media channels and the Menstrual Hygiene Hub newsletter.

Introduce and Promote Disability-Inclusive Accessible SRHR for All

• Small Grants

This project in aimed to ensure inclusive sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) for people with disabilities, especially women. It tackled barriers to implementing Disability Inclusive Gender Policy through advocacy, social media campaigns, and the creation of the "Gateway to SRHR" platform. Additionally, YSPA developed a guideline for Disability-Inclusive Accessible SRHR, providing crucial information to empower individuals with disabilities and combat discrimination.

“Happy accident?” Couples’ reproductive decision-making and the role of gender, power and reproductive autonomy in the Netherlands.

• Small Grants

The objective of this study was to better understand couples’ reproductive decision-making processes in the Netherlands, with specific attention to the role of gender, power, and reproductive autonomy. The study aimed to create a tool that can assist couples in this decision-making process. To achieve this goal, the University of Groningen conducted dyadic in-depth interviews with 21 couples in the Netherlands.

Where Do They Go? Documentary on Accessibility of SRHR Services for Single Working Women in Urban Bangladesh

• Small Grants

This short documentary works to understand and showcase the challenges single working women in Urban Bangladesh face and the choices they make in order to navigate their lives in a society that often overlooks their sexual reproductive health and rights.

Peer Education 101: For Us by Us

• Small Grants

This project has resulted in the first knowledge product of its kind specifically targeted to the Bangladeshi community – an open-access Peer Education training module. The goals of this project were threefold: to strengthen emerging youth-led organizations and groups working on CSE and SRHR interventions, create scope for and strengthen youth-adult partnerships, and popularize the peer education model for CSE programs.

Bridging the Gap Between Mental Health and SRHR

• Small Grants

The purpose of this project is to generate knowledge that can be used as evidence to demonstrate that SRHR and mental health are closely connected to each other. It asserts that achieving a healthy mental state is possible only when sexual and reproductive health and rights are properly addressed. The vision of this project is to recognize SRHR as an essential component of mental health within the National Mental Health Policy.

The pandemic does not stop the right to abortion: how anti-rights groups are capitalizing on their discourse

• Small Grants

EN: The project's objective was to develop a toolkit on how to respond to anti-rights groups during COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean, which continued their activities amid the pandemic, aiming to restrict the right to abortion. ES: El objetivo del proyecto fue desarrollar un Kit de herramientas sobre cómo responder a los grupos anti-derechos durante la COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe, los cuales continuaron sus actividades en medio de la pandemia con el objetivo de restringir el derecho al aborto.

Virtual HUB for SRHR promotion

• Small Grants

To enhance access to information for young people, especially on SSRAJ, where complete and quality information is limited, IPROSARUDE, in partnership with Share-Net International as part of the pilot project for setting up and operating the virtual hub, is in the process of developing a mobile application that can be downloaded on Android devices operating within the Digital Hub mode. The establishment of this platform aims to build the capacities of young people and coaches, organize idea competitions with the support of coaches and experts, and create solutions for the problems identified in the community.