Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Dhaka

The project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of vulnerable and underserved women and adolescent girls in two urban slums in Dhaka Bangladesh. In collaboration with local partners project activities include: (1) providing training to health facility staff of 154 garment factories and clinics to provide quality contraceptive care responsive to needs of adolescents and survivors of sexual and gender based violence; (2) facilitating social and behavior change to support women’s and adolescent girls’ needs with respect to SRHR; and (3) providing infrastructure commodities and technology required to provide quality woman-centered contraceptive service in the selected facilities. The project also strives to establish effective communication mechanisms to ensure adolescent girls and women have access to accurate information on the availability of contraceptive services and resources for sexual and gender based violence.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved availability and accessibility to quality contraceptive services for women and adolescent girls living in urban slum areas in Dhaka; (2) increased social support knowledge self-efficacy related to sexual and reproductive health and rights including sexual and gender-based violence resources for urban slum women and adolescents; and (3) improved availability and accessibility to quality menstrual regulation and post-abortion care services as per Bangladesh government policy for women and adolescents in urban slum areas in Dhaka.