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The Links Between Girls’ Life Skills Intervention in Emergencies and their Return to Education Post-crisis and Prevention of Unwanted Pregnancies and Early Marriage
Document Library
July 17, 2020

This rapid review focuses on identifying evidence and lessons learned on the links between life skills interventions in emergency settings and the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and early marriage and return to education post crisis amongst adolescent girls. It seeks to enable learning from past emergencies to inform the design of effective support to adolescent… Read more

COVID-19
Gender
Health
New UNFPA study on SDG indicator 5.6.1: What determines women’s ability to decide on their sexual and reproductive health and rights?
Blog
July 26, 2019

HEART partners hera‘s Alice Behrendt and Marieke Devillé, under supervision of Dia Timmermans, are currently working on a UNFPA funded systematic review investigating factors determining women’s ability to make their own decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care in lower and middle income settings. The team is working with the UNFPA human… Read more

reproductive rights, Sexual and reproductive health, SRHR
Health
Delivering Reproductive Health Services Through Non-State Providers in Pakistan: Understanding the Value For Money of Different Approaches
Document Library
December 4, 2018

The Delivering Reproductive Health Results (DRHR) programme used social franchising (SF) and social marketing (SM) approaches to increase the supply of high quality family planning services in underserved areas of Pakistan. The authors of this paper assessed the costs, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of DRHR to understand the value for money of these approaches. Financial and… Read more

Non-State, Pakistan, Reproductive Health, Social franchising, social marketing, Value for Money
Education
Social Protection
Support to Sierra Leone Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Programme (SAGE): Scoping and Design Report
Assignment
May 4, 2018

SAGE is a DFID supported, integrated programme to improve the lives of adolescent girls, responding to the multiple and interrelated disadvantages they face. It comprises two components: Delivery of integrated services for vulnerable adolescent girls through a safe spaces approach, including enhancing their access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education and services. Support for… Read more

Adolescents, Female Empowerment, Girls' Education, programme design, safe spaces, SAGE, Sexual and reproductive health
Education
Health
Can better sanitary care help keep African girls in school?
Blog
April 9, 2018

This blog was written by Elizabeth Tofaris, University of Cambridge, on behalf of the the Impact Initiative for international development research. The Impact Initiative seeks to connect policymakers and practitioners with the world-class social science research supported by the ESRC-DFID Strategic Partnership, maximising the uptake and impact of research from: (i) the Joint Fund for… Read more

Education, Girls' Education, menstrual hygiene management, sanitary care, Women and girls
Gender
Benefits of Investing in Family Planning
Helpdesk Report
October 18, 2017

This report focuses on the evidence on the health, economic and other benefits of investing in family planning. Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies. It is achieved through use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of infertility (WHO 2015). A large and growing body… Read more

Children and Youth, contraception, Family Planning, Health
Gender
Family Planning Communications
Helpdesk Report
October 13, 2017

This report looks at the evidence available on effective behaviour change communication for increasing the uptake of family planning methods. It provides information on several different methods. Studies indicate that if a woman has been given advice to adopt postpartum contraception three or more times, the couple are more likely to have adopted a method…. Read more

Children and Youth, Family Planning/Contraceptive Use, Health
Gender
Health
Rights-based approaches to increasing access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Helpdesk Report
July 21, 2016

This helpdesk report provides an overview of some of the most relevant evidence on rights-based approaches to increasing access to SRHR including how they have been measured and enhanced access where information is available. Section 2 of this report explores the impact of policy changes on accessing rights, and the impact that champions of SRHR within… Read more

Gender
Health
Increasing access to sexual and reproductive health and rights via new innovations and technologies in Africa
Helpdesk Report
July 21, 2016

New innovations and technology, including mobiles and internet, have enormous potential for increasing access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). They can be particularly helpful in reaching hard to access groups, including remote or stigmatised populations, due to the rapid spread of telecommunications infrastructure, mobile phones and broadband usage in low and middle… Read more

Sexual and reproductive health, srh, Technology
Gender
Health
Access to family planning and safe abortion
Helpdesk Report
July 21, 2016

A WHO systematic review looking at the evidence on sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in developing countries finds quality evidence to be lacking in many areas (WHO, 2012). The report includes the following: No evidence was found on the efforts to influence laws and policies though this is recognised as important for increasing access…. Read more

Adolescents, srh
Health
Preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in developing countries
Document Library
July 21, 2016

The WHO guidelines, Preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in developing countries, provide both a call to action and directions for future research on: preventing early pregnancy: by preventing marriage before 18 years of age; by increasing knowledge and understanding of the importance of pregnancy prevention; by increasing the use of contraception;… Read more

Adolescents, srh
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