Advancing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights as health care

This project aims to improve access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among women and girls in the targeted countries. It focuses on safe abortion family planning and comprehensive sexuality education. Project activities include: (1) providing tools and technical assistance to national health ministries civil society organizations and professional associations. It seeks to help scale up access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services; (2) conducting and publishing research papers on a comprehensive SRHR; and (3) undertaking consultations country-level dialogue and coordination to help countries use evidence-based research to shape gender-responsive policies that better support women and girls’ access to SRHR.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened health systems that deliver comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services including abortion care; and (2) strengthened advocacy for evidence-based policies that support fulfilling comprehensive SRHR.