International Development Grant
Rights From the Start
Project Number: CA-3-P006306001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $10,775,832.00
Start Date: January 31, 2020
End Date: July 31, 2024
Duration: 4.5 years
Project Description
The project seeks to improve comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) including safe and legal abortions and post-abortion care for young women especially adolescent girls and help ensure the fulfillment of sexual and reproductive rights in targeted districts of Bolivia Ecuador Guyana and Peru. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) education and training are central to this project which aims to provide young people especially adolescent girls with the information and tools required to protect themselves against sexual violence and unplanned pregnancies. Project activities include: (1) training for community facilitators trainers and peer educators on raising awareness about SRHR among youth and on providing comprehensive sexuality education (CSE); (2) strengthening youth and women’s groups and local civil society organizations (CSOs) in order to promote SRHR; (3) providing affordable comprehensive and youth-friendly SRH services through innovative cost-efficient and sustainable models; and (4) engaging community leaders norm setters and men to address barriers that inhibit access to SRHR services. The project is expected to directly benefit 217 000 young women and young men between the ages of 10 and 24 (of which 63% are women) including highly vulnerable populations such as youth who are indigenous migrants Afro-descendant and/or LGBT as well as those from impoverished communities. The project also aims to build the capacity of over 2 200 educators volunteers health workers leaders and activists. The project is expected to indirectly benefit a population of over 8 million in 14 targeted regions in Bolivia Ecuador Guyana and Peru. The public engagement component is expected to reach approximately 20 000 Canadians and over 40 Canadian-based organizations.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved provision of gender-responsive comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and youth-friendly SRHR services in targeted districts; (2) increased utilization of gender-responsive CSE and youth-friendly SRHR services in targeted districts; and (3) increased government and civil society responsiveness to the SRHR of young people especially adolescent girls at the local regional national and global levels.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (July 2024) include: (1) successfully implemented and strengthened 28 local and national laws policies and strategies related to sexual reproductive health and rights exceeding the target of 22; (2) averted 358 525 unintended pregnancies in Bolivia Ecuador Guyana and Peru exceeding the target of 208 404; (3) provided 3 015 514 people (2 690 396 women) access to sexual and reproductive health services including modern methods of contraception exceeding the project target of 290 009; (4) reached 225 711 people (121 637 women 102 048 men 70 trans women 40 trans men and 1 916 unknown) with comprehensive sexuality education exceeding the target of 68 812 people; (5) increased the capacity of 4 local implementing partners (1 in each county of Bolivia Ecuador Guyana and Peru) to demonstrate a gender transformative perspective in their programs services and materials exceeding the overall project target of 4; (6) increased the capacity of 2 local implementing partners Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association and Instituto Peruano de Paternidad Responsable Peru to meet the criteria for providing a full range of youth-friendly sexual reproductive health services; and (7) submitted 23 shadow and alternative reports. This includes 4 by Centro de Investigación Educación y Servicios (CIES) in Bolivia 3 by Centro Ecuatoriano para la Promoción y Acción de la Mujer Guayaquil (CEPAM-G) in Ecuador and 16 by Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (PROMSEX ). This increased the use of human rights-based and feminist approaches to sexual and reproductive health and rights advocacy across civil society movements surpassing the target of 7 reports.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Action Canada for SHR Family Planning Federation of Canad
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Call for Proposals