Sexual and reproductive Health & Economic empowerment Supporting Out of school Adolescent girls’ Rights and Skills Project Partner: Center For Reproductive Rights Status: Ongoing

PROJECT CONTEXT
Out-of-school adolescent girls are consistently left out of traditional adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) programming, are difficult to reach, and often have the greatest need and least access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services. The chosen intervention sites of this project—urban informal settlements (Kenya), rural settings (Zambia), and refugee host communities (Uganda)—represent locations where the benefits of domestic legal advancements on SRHR and related health system strengthening interventions have not yet reached young people. This has left large youth populations, in particular adolescent girls, especially vulnerable as they navigate the difficult and often contradicting social norms, roles, and expectations that are applied to adolescent girl’s sexuality resulting in limited access to related health services.

Project Objectives

To increase the access and utilization of high-quality, evidence-based sexual and reproductive health services for out-of-school adolescent girls aged 10-19 years in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia by 2030.

To empower out-of-school adolescent girls aged 10-19 years in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights by 2030.

To strengthen the capacity of local women’s rights and youth-led groups to advocate for and monitor the implementation of policies and programs that promote the sexual and reproductive health and rights of out-of-school adolescent girls by 2030.

To improve the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health providers, community members, and relevant government ministries on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of out-of-school adolescent girls by 2030.

YOUTH CHAPERON UGANDA’S ROLE
YCU, with Support from CRR, will advocate for evidence-based, accountable, and equitable adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights policies. For this, YCSRR will carry out sub-granting schemes and movement-building with organizations in the region.