Right to safe abortion


Reporting Organization:Ipas
Total Budget ($CAD):$ 4,850,000
Timeframe: March 15, 2023 - February 18, 2028
Status: Actif
Contact Information: Unspecified

Partner & Funder Profiles


Reporting Organization


Ipas

Participating Organizations


Unspecified

Funders (Total Budget Contribution)


Return to top

Location


Country - Total Budget Allocation


Congo (DRC) - $ 4,850,000.00 (100.00%)

Return to top

Areas of Focus


Other - Total Budget Allocation


Law, Governance & Public Policy (10.00 %)

Health - Total Budget Allocation


Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (90.00 %)

Return to top

Description


The project aims to increase women’s and girls’ bodily autonomy by expanding access to information and services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and to safe abortion care. Ipas DRC will work with government and community partners in the provinces of Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, Haut Katanga, Tanganyika and Kinshasa to translate the enabling legal and policy framework into improved access to quality abortion care. The project aims to improve women’s ability to make safe reproductive choices that support their educational and career goals, which makes a significant contribution to greater gender equality in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This project’s vision is that a multi-sectoral group of stakeholders, including organizations working on broader socio-political issues, make sexual and reproductive health rights and safe abortion care a gender justice priority. Project activities include: (1) training and supporting over 200 public- and private-sector health care providers (clinics, integrated health centres, etc.) to provide comprehensive abortion care; (2) supporting 85 health care facilities to offer sexual and reproductive health care, including contraception, abortion, post-abortion care and support in response to gender-based sexual violence; (3) training and supporting 40 community organizations in terms of sexual and reproductive health care; and (4) strengthening the system that refers people to appropriate facilities for abortion and sexual and gender-based violence support, and improving community dialogue on women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights and on safe abortion among 24,000 people. The project’s main beneficiaries are women and girls in the provinces of Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, Haut-Katanga, Tanganyika and Kinshasa. As a result of this initiative, some 500,000 young people, 50% of them women, will receive information on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and at least 8,000 safe abortion procedures will be provided.

Return to top

Target Population


Gender and age: Unspecified
Total Direct Population: Unspecified
Return to top

Outputs


Unspecified

Return to top

Results & Indicators


Expected Results


The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) bodily autonomy for women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo through secure and sustainable access to abortion care; (2) women’s and girls’ improved access to safe, women-centred abortion services in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and (3) improved individual autonomy and social norms regarding abortion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Achieved Results


Results achieved as of March 2024: (1) trained 46 providers (26 women) in safe abortion, family planning, and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence services; (2) sensitized 25,633 youths (7,995 young women) to positive masculinity and developed positive attitudes towards sexual and reproductive health services, such as preventing sexual and gender-based violence; (3) 17 health-care sites, 15 in North Kivu and 2 in South Kivu, provided safe abortion services to women victims of gender-based violence; (4) operationalized 72 healthcare facilities and offered abortion and contraception services; and (5) 4,358 women and girls benefited from safe abortion care with broader access to various contraceptive methods.

Indicators


  • None Selected
Return to top
Return to top

Associated Projects (If applicable)


Return to top
Icon