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Sida's work related to sexual and reproductive health and rights 1994-2003
Report in External Series | Jan 2004
This evaluation gives a broad description of Sida's support to SRHR, but lack comprehensive analysis and innovative proposals. One general conclusion ...
Aid evaluation, Health conditions, Reproductive rights
Acceptability of youth clubs focusing on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in rural Zambian schools: a case of Central Province
Journal Article | Dec 2020
Background
The youths in Zambia have limited access to information concerning Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and this puts them at risk of unwanted ...
Factors influencing the use of reproductive health care services among married adolescent girls in Dang District, Nepal: a qualitative study
Journal Article | May 2019
Background: Child marriage is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes, and the practice is still alarmingly common. Together with efforts ...
Child marriage, Reproductive health, Health care services, Health-seeking behaviour, adolescent health, Nepal
The health status of adolescents in Ecuador and the country’s response to the need for differentiated healthcare for adolescents
Journal Article | Jan 2017
Background
Adolescents face a range of health problems but many barriers block their access to health services, and in particular to sexual and reproductive ...
Adolescents, Youth, Differentiated health services, Sexual and reproductive health, Ecuador
Political determinants of sexual and reproductive health: Criminalisation, health impacts and game changers
Project | Mar 2016 - Dec 2021
Development actors have increasingly recognised the importance of the political determinants of health. One way in which politics and power dynamics impact ...
Abortion, homosexuality, criminal law, health policy, mental health, political determinants, Uganda, Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia
The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development
Journal Article | Dec 2019
Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and ...
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health, , International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), , Adolescent pregnancy, , HIV, , Child marriage, , Low- and middle-income countries
Creating an Enabling Environment for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Framework and Promising Approaches
Journal Article | Jan 2015
This article provides a conceptual framework and points out the key elements for creating enabling environments for adolescent sexual and reproductive ...
A new conservative social movement? Latin America’s regional strategies to restrict abortion rights
CMI Brief | Jun 2017
Despite increased evidence of international lobbying groups working to restrict sexual and reproductive health and rights policies at international bodies ...
reproductive health, abortion, Latin America
Adolescent pregnancy and social norms in Zambia
Journal Article | Jun 2019
Early pregnancy occurs frequently in Zambia and is considered a public health issue. The aim of this study was to improve understanding of how gendered ...
Adolescent pregnancy, beliefs, social norms, sexual and reproductive health, Zambia, Zambia
The European Backlash: Conservative Movements, Abortion and LGBT Rights
Event | 29 Jan 2015
Europe experiences ultra-conservative push-backs on social advances in sexual and reproductive rights. Who are the actors, what motivates them and how do they work?
Scaling up of Life Skills Based Education in Pakistan: a case study
Journal Article | Mar 2015
Young people between the ages of 10 and 19 make up 23% of Pakistan’s population. In Pakistan, young people face many challenges in terms of sexual ...
young people, life skills, sexual and reproductive health, scale-up, Pakistan
Here come the girls: Empowering young Tanzanian women
News | 28 Oct 2013
In Tanzania, there is a striking increase in the number of girls who get pregnant from the ages 16 to 20. Among 16 year olds, 11 percent get pregnant, whereas 61 percent of the 20 year old girls start childbearing. Why do so many girls have babies when they are this young? How does this affect their economic situation and possibilities of entering the job market?
The social context of induced abortions among young couples in Côte d\'Ivoire
Journal Article | Jan 2007
The background of the study is the very high prevalence of mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan countries due to abortions induced by unsafe methods. ...
unsafe abortion, family planning, reproductive health, youth, Côte d'Ivoire
Sexual and Reproductive Rights Lawfare: Global battles
Project | May 2014 - Dec 2017
Sexual and reproductive rights are lightening-rods of controversy in most societies. Political polarization has been particularly pronounced with regard ...
sexual rights, reproductive rights, right to health, lawfare, legal mobilization, abortion, homosexuality, gay rights, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay, South Africa, Uganda, India, Philippines, Nepal, Australia, USA, Germany, Poland, Norway
RISE - Research Initiative to Support the Empowerment of girls
Project | Aug 2014 - Dec 2022
This project aims to measure the effect of economic support and community dialogue on early child-bearing rates in rural Zambia. Adolescent pregnancies ...
Zambia
Girls need career possibilities
News | 28 Aug 2014
Family planning policies have been implemented around the world for decades, but with limited results. This is also the case in Tanzania where school dropout is a big problem and the majority of girls get pregnant by the age of 20. What are they doing wrong?
Girl Power - Economic Empowerment in Tanzania
Project | Jan 2013 - Dec 2014
The study takes place in Tanzania and investigates the behaviour of girls when they are on the verge of making some of the most important decisions ...
Empowerment, Reproductive health, Entrepreneurship, Tanzania
The politicization of abortion and hippocratic disobedience in Islamist Sudan
Journal Article | Dec 2019
In Sudan's Islamist state, abortion is politicized through its association to illegal pregnancy. Fornication is crime against God punishable with 100 ...
Sudan
Research priorities on ending child marriage and supporting married girls
Journal Article | Sep 2015
Over the past few years the issue of child marriage has received growing political and programmatic attention. In spite of some progress in a number of ...
child marriage, early marriage, adolescents
Sexual and reproductive rights - a global legal battlefield
CMI Brief | Apr 2013
Millennium Development Goal number 5 (MDG 5) aims to reduce maternal mortality. In this brief we argue that, in the current global context more rigorous ...