Foundations for Health and Empowerment

This project aims to enhance equitable development and empowerment for women girls adolescents their families and communities in select areas of Asia with high levels of poverty human resource deficits inadequate health and early childhood education systems and entrenched gender inequalities. This project works to advance gender equality and widen opportunities for some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Asia focusing on the empowerment of women girls and adolescents as the key to addressing the root causes of gender inequality and global poverty. The project responds to the interconnected challenges experienced by women girls and their communities through four complementary components: foundations for health foundations for children advancing gender equality through civil society and advancing Canadian champions for development. Project activities include: (1) providing training on management and delivery of gender and adolescent friendly health services with a focus on sexual and reproductive health; (2) extending sexual and reproductive health services to communities through teleconsultations and e-health; (3) empowering community health workers to screen the nutritional status of children under five years old; (4) developing curricula and resources for early childhood development for life skills training materials for adolescents and for the identification and response to gender-based violence; and (5) leadership training for young women. This project aims to reach approximately 1.1 million people in Central Asia

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened delivery of quality gender-responsive and inclusive health early childhood development and other sustainable development services in select areas of Central Asia; (2) reduced gender and social barriers to utilization and uptake of health early childhood development and other sustainable development services and practices for women and girls adolescents men and boys in select areas of Asia; and (3) enhanced engagement of international development and Canadian stakeholders in gender-sensitive and evidence-based development issues and programming.