Browse the Knowledge Products

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.

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.

#Menstrual Health Matters

• Small Grants

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

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

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.

Cholo Kotha Boli – youth to youth podcast

• Knowledge Activation Grants

This knowledge product will investigates and tests new and innovative approaches in SRHR and identify unheard perspectives; moreover, it works to empower girls and boys (from 16 to 25 years old) to take decisions on their sexual and reproductive health which create value in their lives. ARBAN has developed 10 episodes SRHR related audio podcast within the time frame work. Based on the following topics (Puberty, Early marriage, Menstruation and hygiene, Gender based Violence- GBV, Risk taking in sexual issues and prevention, Knowledge gap in SRHR, Pregnancy, SRHR issues in the transgender community, Family planning and safe abortion and Sexually Transmitted Diseases- STDs) the key knowledge product(s) were developed.

“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.

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.

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.