Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Out-of-School Adolescent Girls (SHE SOARS)

This project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls in Kenya Uganda and Zambia particularly girls who have dropped out of school. Project activities include: (1) providing training and support on SRHR and life skills to adolescent girls; (2) providing training and support on financial literacy and entrepreneurship to adolescent girls; (3) building understanding and support for adolescent girls’ rights among parents community leaders men and boys; (4) building the capacity of health care providers and health care managers to deliver appropriate and respectful sexual and reproductive health care to adolescent girls and boys; and (5) building the capacity of youth groups and women’s rights groups to advocate for improved laws policies and services concerning adolescent SRHR. The project expects to benefit over 200 000 girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 19. CARE is implementing this project in partnership with the Centre for Reproductive Rights Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Restless Development.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable use of SRHR health services by diverse groups of women adolescent girls and children’s rights holders particularly out of school adolescent girls; (2) improved provision of gender and adolescent responsive inclusive and accountable health services by health care providers for diverse groups of women adolescent girls and children’s rights holders; and (3) improved effectiveness of key stakeholders particularly women and girls’ rights organizations to advocate for evidence-based accountable and equitable adolescent SRHR policies legal frameworks and services.