Browse the Knowledge Products

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.

The role of Accountability in sustaining SRHR programs in crisis and Fragile Situations in Jordan

• Co-Creation Conference Grants

This policy brief aims to improve access to quality sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information and services for people affected by crisis and in fragile situations and to accelerate progress towards achieving SRHR national objectives and concerned targets of sustainable development goals. 

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.

Front & Centre

• Covid-19 Grants

This knowledge product (toolkit) is dedicated to elevating the management and enhancement of quality sexual and reproductive health and rights services within fragile and humanitarian settings, both amidst the challenges of COVID-19 and in preparation for future epidemics.

Still Human

• Covid-19 Grants

This was an exploratory research project undertaken to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of transgender and hijra people in the Netherlands and Bangladesh respectively. By focusing the research on livelihoods, access to health care, housing and violence at public and private spaces, the knowledge products aims to be used as a basis for advocacy for drawing attention to trans population across the world.

Choice Matters

• Covid-19 Grants

Why girls should be in the center of development? A story from Indonesia.

Brave Men

• Covid-19 Grants

The overall objective of this project was to initiate an online policy dialogue on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence involving Communities of Practices from Bangladesh, Burundi, Jordan, and the Netherlands.

Menstruation Shouts

• Covid-19 Grants

Exploring the menstrual experiences influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic in disadvantaged communities in Egypt and Kenya.

Access Granted

• Covid-19 Grants

This mixed-method research project assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to contraception or safe abortion services for women of reproductive age in Iran, Bangladesh, and the Netherlands. The developed knowledge products aim to inform relevant stakeholders on improving access to contraception and safe abortion during crises.

Know-How of Early Marriage Prevention

• Co-Creation Conference Grants

The Institute for Family Health (IFP) has developed a methodology to prevent and reduce child marriage among Syrian and Jordanian girls. Through this methodology, they created a documentary video that showcases the IFP's experience and success story in preventing early child marriage. The purpose is to share their experience with other organizations, enabling them to apply similar strategies within their work to combat this significant violation of human 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.