Project profile — Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls in Morocco

• Morocco (100.00%)

• Population policy and administrative management:
Population policy and administrative management (13010) (65.00%)
Family planning (13030) (5.00%)
• Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions:
Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (20.00%)
Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)

The project’s objective is to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls in Morocco, as well as to combat all forms of discrimination against women and girls, including gender based violence. This project seeks to influence changes in policies, laws, services for women and girls and existing systems, as well as to change discriminatory and unjust social beliefs and practices. The project activities include: (1) developing a national strategy for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and creating training modules for middle and secondary school students; (2) conducting a study and organizing awareness and advocacy campaigns for SRHR and gender equality (GE) at the national and regional levels; (3) entering into a partnership with religious authorities and establishing a training plan in SRHR and GE for religious counsellors and Ulemas.

The expected results of this project include: (1) informed decision making of women and girls regarding rights, prevention and the use of sexual and reproductive health services; (2) increased efficiency of the national health system regarding policies and comprehensive service delivery dedicated to the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls, non violence and gender equality; (3) increased engagement of civil society organizations including men for the defence women’s sexual and reproductive health rights and the accountability of public policies and services.

Results achieved as of March 2023 include: (1) supported two Strategies on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR); (2) organized eight campaigns on SRHR. These reached 1.9 million people and involved 761 civil society organizations; (3) implemented 13 health system measures relating to SRHR and gender-based violence (GBV); (4) carried out 12 initiatives integrating comprehensive sexuality education; (5) organized 35 women’s rights organizations (WRO) advocacy actions involving 10,043 men and boys; (6) produced nine public policy accountability assessment reports; and (7) raised awareness among three million people through the various campaigns. Of these, 403 were decision-makers, including 214 women.

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