Reporting Organization: | Crossroads International |
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Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 6,416,907 |
Timeframe: | March 26, 2019 - April 30, 2024 |
Status: | Unspecified |
Contact Information: | Unspecified |
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Senegal - $ 6,416,907.00 (100.00%) | |
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Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (60 %) | |
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Adolescent Health (20 %) | |
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Health Systems, Training & Infrastructure (0 %) | |
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Sexual Health & Rights (0 %) | |
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Health Promotion & Education (0 %) | |
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Law, Governance & Public Policy (20 %) | |
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The project seeks to improve the accessibility, quality and use of sexual and reproductive health services for adolescent girls and boys in the Kédougou region of Senegal. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) education is central to this project’s approach in order to provide young people, especially young girls, with the tools they need to protect themselves against sexual and sexist violence, including female genital mutilation. Project activities include the following: (1) carrying out activities to raise public awareness among parents, local elected officials, and traditional and religious leaders; (2) carrying out community information activities and targeted training activities for adolescent girls and boys in the communities and schools; (3) conducting advocacy campaigns aimed at government bodies, with the support of civil society organizations. The anticipated number of direct beneficiaries is 30,000 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years (50 percent of them girls), and the number of indirect beneficiaries is 75,000 (50 percent of them women and girls). To implement this initiative, two organizations—Crossroads International and ActionAid International Senegal—along with two local partners—the Association pour la Promotion de la Femme Sénégalaise (APROFES) and the Coalition Nationale des Associations et ONG en Faveur de l’Enfant (CONAFE)—will use their extensive experience in the area of protecting women’s and girls’ rights in Senegal and reducing gender-based violence and sexual and sexist violence.
Gender and age: | Unspecified |
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Total Direct Population: | 30,000 |
Total Indirect Population: | 75,000 |
35,918 | Adolescents who have a positive perception of the quality of services and SRHR information material available in the CCAs, disaggregated by gender and level of vulnerability |
30,847 | Adolescents who can name one of the SRHR service locations within a 5km radius (home, job or school) |
30,782 | Number of adolescents informed during the project's IEC campaigns about SRHR services available in the Kédougou region, disaggregated by gender and level of vulnerability. |
45 | Number of adolescents trained as local SRHR trainers, disaggregated by commune, gender and age |
150 | Number of adolescents trained as local SRHR facilitators, disaggregated by commune, gender and age |
85,269 | Number of parents and community members informed during awareness-raising activities about the benefits of using SRHR services for disaggregated adolescents, by commune |
117 | Number and types of traditional and religious authorities sensitized under this project on the benefits of SRHR services for adolescents. |
577 | Number of adolescent girls participating in functional girls' clubs in the Kédougou region, disaggregated by level of vulnerability |
675 | Number of adolescent girls participating in girls' clubs trained on their rights in the Kédougou region |
537 | Number of local councillors in the Kédougou region sensitized and equipped on the SRHR, broken down by department |
The expected results of this project include the following: (1) improved delivery of gender-sensitive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services for adolescent girls and boys in Kédougou, Senegal; (2) increased use of gender-sensitive SRHR services for adolescent girls and boys in Kédougou, Senegal; (3) greater consideration given by the government and civil society to the SRHR issues of women and adolescent girls in Kédougou, Senegal.