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Project profile — Rights From the Start



Overview 

CA-3-P006306001
$10,887,328
Action Canada for Sexual Healthand Rights (CA-CRA_ACR-3107848319)
2020-01-31 - 2024-07-31
Operational
Global Affairs Canada
International Assistance Partnerships an

Country / region 

• Peru (25.00%)
• Ecuador (25.00%)
• Guyana (25.00%)
• Bolivia (25.00%)

Sector 

• Population policy and administrative management:
Population policy and administrative management (13010) (52.00%)
Reproductive health care (13020) (17.00%)
Personnel development for population and reproductive health (13081) (21.00%)
• Unallocated/ Unspecified: Promotion of development awareness (99820) (10.00%)

Policy marker 

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

Description 

The project seeks to improve comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including safe and legal abortions and post-abortion care for young women, especially adolescent girls, and help ensure the fulfillment of sexual and reproductive rights in targeted districts of Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) education and training are central to this project which aims to provide young people, especially adolescent girls, with the information and tools required to protect themselves against sexual violence and unplanned pregnancies. Project activities include: (1) training for community facilitators, trainers and peer educators on raising awareness about SRHR among youth, and on providing comprehensive sexuality education (CSE); (2) strengthening youth and women’s groups and local civil society organizations (CSOs) in order to promote SRHR; (3) providing affordable, comprehensive and youth-friendly SRH services through innovative cost-efficient and sustainable models; and (4) engaging community leaders, norm setters and men to address barriers that inhibit access to SRHR services. The project is expected to directly benefit 217,000 young women and young men between the ages of 10 and 24 (of which 63% are women), including highly vulnerable populations such as youth who are indigenous, migrants, Afro-descendant, and/or LGBT, as well as those from impoverished communities. The project also aims to build the capacity of over 2,200 educators, volunteers, health workers, leaders and activists. The project is expected to indirectly benefit a population of over 8 million in 14 targeted regions in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru. The public engagement component is expected to reach approximately 20,000 Canadians and over 40 Canadian-based organizations.

Expected results 

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved provision of gender-responsive comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and youth-friendly SRHR services in targeted districts; (2) increased utilization of gender-responsive CSE and youth-friendly SRHR services in targeted districts; and (3) increased government and civil society responsiveness to the SRHR of young people, especially adolescent girls, at the local, regional, national and global levels.

Results achieved 

Results achieved at the end of the project (July 2024) include: (1) successfully implemented and strengthened 28 local and national laws, policies and strategies related to sexual reproductive health and rights, exceeding the target of 22; (2) averted 358,525 unintended pregnancies in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru, exceeding the target of 208,404; (3) provided 3,015,514 people (2,690,396 women) access to sexual and reproductive health services, including modern methods of contraception, exceeding the project target of 290,009; (4) reached 225,711 people (121,637 women, 102,048 men, 70 trans women, 40 trans men, and 1,916 unknown) with comprehensive sexuality education, exceeding the target of 68,812 people; (5) increased the capacity of 4 local implementing partners (1 in each county of Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru) to demonstrate a gender transformative perspective in their programs, services and materials, exceeding the overall project target of 4; (6) increased the capacity of 2 local implementing partners, Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association and Instituto Peruano de Paternidad Responsable Peru to meet the criteria for providing a full range of youth-friendly sexual reproductive health services; and (7) submitted 23 shadow and alternative reports. This includes 4 by Centro de Investigación, Educación y Servicios (CIES) in Bolivia, 3 by Centro Ecuatoriano para la Promoción y Acción de la Mujer Guayaquil (CEPAM-G) in Ecuador, and 16 by Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (PROMSEX ). This increased the use of human rights-based and feminist approaches to sexual and reproductive health and rights advocacy across civil society movements, surpassing the target of 7 reports.

Budget and spending 


Original budget $0
Planned disbursement $253,721
Transactions
Transaction Date Type Value
18-09-2024 Disbursement $192,421
11-10-2024 Disbursement $61,301
Country percentages by sector
Type of finance Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Collaboration type Bilateral
Type of aid Project-type interventions