Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health in Benin Burkina Faso and Mali (PLURIELLES)

This project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services available to the most vulnerable adolescent girls and women in Benin Burkina Faso and Mali. Project activities include: (1) supporting the financial autonomy of vulnerable and marginalized women and adolescent girls in order to reduce the economic and gender barriers to SRH services; (2) providing training to health care providers and administrators of health-care facilities on the provision of gender-responsive and adolescent-friendly SRH services; (3) providing technical and material assistance to women’s and adolescent girls’ rights organizations and defenders; and (4) providing equipment (including water sanitation and hygiene infrastructure) to health-care facilities. The project expects to benefit approximately 2 million vulnerable women and adolescent girls across the three countries. This project works in partnership with Lawyers Without Border Canada and SOCODEVI (Société de coopération pour le développement international).

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable use of health services by diverse groups of women and adolescent girls who are rights holders especially victims of sexual and gender based violence; (2) improved provision of gender-responsive inclusive and accountable sexual and reproductive health and rights services by health care providers to diverse groups of women and adolescent girls; and (3) improved effectiveness of stakeholders particularly local women’s and adolescent girls’ rights organizations in advocating for evidence based health services policies and legal frameworks.