Improving Adolescents and Youth’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (RESPECT)


Reporting Organization:Doctors of the World - Canada
Total Budget ($CAD):$ 33,338,478
Timeframe: September 27, 2021 - October 31, 2026
Status: Implementation
Contact Information: Catherine D'Avignon
[email protected]

Partner & Funder Profiles


Reporting Organization


Doctors of the World - Canada

Participating Organizations


Funders (Total Budget Contribution)


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Location


Country - Total Budget Allocation


Burkina Faso - $ 12,335,236.86 (37.00%)

Haiti - $ 11,001,697.74 (33.00%)

Benin - $ 9,334,773.84 (28.00%)

Countries, unspecified - $ 666,769.56 (2.00%)

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Areas of Focus


Other - Total Budget Allocation


Sexual & Gender-based Violence (29.00 %)

Law, Governance & Public Policy (22.00 %)

Economic Development & Empowerment (2.00 %)

Health - Total Budget Allocation


Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (47.00 %)

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Description


This project aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health care for marginalized and vulnerable people, particularly adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 24, in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Haiti. Project activities include: (1) providing training to teachers and educators on comprehensive sexual education; (2) providing training to health care providers on high-quality, gender-sensitive and adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services, particularly for adolescent girls and young women; (3) organizing awareness-raising campaigns targeted at parents and community members on improving their general knowledge about the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls and young women, to dispel stigma, and to encourage productive communication around sexual and reproductive topics; (4) working with youth and women’s rights groups to advocate for better SRHR policies in all three countries; and (5) leading an educational campaign across Canada, particularly targeting young Canadians, to raise awareness around SRHR and sexual and gender-based violence. The project expects to benefit 850,000 people across all three countries. Doctors of the World is implementing this project in partnership with Lawyers without Borders Canada, and several local partners, including women’s groups and government agencies across all three countries.

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Target Population


Gender and age: Adult women Adult men Adolescent females Adolescent males Children, girls Children, boys
Descriptors: Urban Rural Persons with disabilities Internally displaced people (IDP)
Total Direct Population: 990,525
Total Indirect Population: 2,971,579
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Outputs


Unspecified

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Results & Indicators


Expected Results


The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable use of sexual and reproductive health services, especially by vulnerable and marginalized adolescent girls and young women aged 10 to 24 years in the targeted countries’ regions; (2) improved provision of gender sensitive, inclusive and accountable health services by health care providers, particularly to adolescent girls and young women aged 10 to 24 years in the targeted countries’ regions; and (3) improved effectiveness of women’s and girls’ rights organizations and health authorities in advocating for evidence based, accountable and equitable SRHR policies and legal frameworks.

Achieved Results


Indicators


  • None Selected
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Associated Projects (If applicable)


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