Grants and Contributions:

Improving Reproductive health and Gender equality in Nepal and Vietnam

7431912 P007889001

$1,929,382.00

Aug 17, 2021 - Mar 31, 2026

This project seeks to improve access and the quality of reproductive health services for adolescent girls and women of reproductive age in the Kalikot district of Nepal and the Son La province of Vietnam. The project aims to improve health and gender equality (GE) among adolescent girls and women and reduce incidences of child marriages, a form of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). The project takes an integrated and holistic approach to empower local adolescent girls and women to exercise their reproductive rights and ensure access to health and reproductive services when needed. Project activities include: (1) conduct participatory-action research (PAR) to enable the identification of community-driven solutions; (2) engaging with local community leaders and health system stakeholders to build the capacity of local health workers, administrators, teachers, young people, and other relevant community actors; (3) promoting the quality of reproductive health services and their use by girls and women, especially for marginalized populations; (4) tackling cultural norms that enable SGBV, including child marriages; (5) consult with beneficiaries in the communities to understand their specific need and respond with appropriate curriculum and training on planning, delivering, monitoring and evaluating gender-responsive health services; and (6) developing appropriate curriculum and train teachers & student facilitators to advance the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of the current reproductive health education programs within the communities. The project expects to reach approximately 1,600 adolescent boys and girls (800 in school and 800 from the community) and directly influence 2,500 women and 2,500 men, members of 60 community groups in Vietnam. In Nepal, the project expects to reach approximately 4,500 adolescents women, 2,000 adolescents man adolescents, 30 local health workers, 45 women community health volunteers, 45 community committees, and 25 religious leaders. This project works in partnership with International Nepal Fellowship (INF) in Nepal and the Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP) in Vietnam.

Global Affairs Canada

The project expects to achieve the following intermediate outcomes: increased agency of women and girls in targeted areas, and increased utilization of quality, gender-responsive and inclusive health services by adolescent girls and women of reproductive age in Kalikot district of Nepal and Son La province of Vietnam. Project activities that will lead to the realization of the project’s intermediate outcomes include:
• Identify and utilise existing community champions to promote increased agency of women and girls and become influential role-models with in their respective communities
• Engage with local community leaders and health system stakeholders to build capacity of local health workers, administrators, teachers, young people, and other relevant community actors to develop guidelines to support the improved delivery of health services and the promotion of gender equality within the communities.
• Promote the utilization quality of reproductive health services by girls and women, especially for marginalized populations, by providing technical assistance and support to strengthen existing health systems in the communities.
• Tackle the cultural norms which enable SGBV, including child marriages, by supporting and bolstering the efforts of existing local groups and networks working on these issues within the communities to help grow momentum, reduce fragmentation of activities and prevent any duplication of efforts.
• Consult with beneficiaries in the communities to understand their specific need and respond with appropriate curriculum and training on planning, delivering, monitoring and evaluating gender-responsive health services.
• Develop an appropriate curriculum and train teachers & student facilitators to advance the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of the current reproductive health education programs within the communities.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1N 7B7

064-2021-2022-Q2-011

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

129950051

Not-for-profit organization or charity

HealthBridge Foundation of Canada

Ottawa--Vanier

35078

International Development Assistance Program

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