Project profile — Promoting the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Adolescents in Honduras (DEREJUV)

• Honduras (100.00%)

• Basic Health: Health education (12261) (2.81%)
• Population policy and administrative management:
Population policy and administrative management (13010) (64.79%)
Reproductive health care (13020) (16.20%)
Family planning (13030) (13.39%)
Personnel development for population and reproductive health (13081) (1.68%)
• Other Social Infrastructure And Services: Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS (16064) (1.13%)

• Youth Issues (principal objective)
• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Children's issues (principal objective)

DEREJUV supports the Government of Honduras Plan for the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancies by strengthening national policies and expanding access to sexual and reproductive health services for Honduran youth. The project helps prevent adolescent pregnancies and child, early and forced marriages and expands access to adolescent-friendly health services for over 211,000 girls, boys and adolescents in 24 municipalities with some of the highest national rates of adolescent pregnancies by installing adolescent-friendly clinics in community health centers and schools. The project also develops the advocacy and participation skills of girls, boys, adolescents and their families to empower them to participate in municipal programs for the prevention of adolescent pregnancies, develop life skills and complete their education through institutional support and peer-mentoring. Project activities include: 1) technical assistance to develop and implement legislation, policies, norms and standards to prevent adolescent pregnancies; 2) setting up adolescent-friendly health clinics in community health centers and high schools; 3) training for health care professionals on adolescent-friendly health services such as counselling, sexual and reproductive health care and pre- and post-natal care; 4) dissemination of gender-sensitive and age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education for girls and boys in target communities; 5) design and implement municipal action plans to prevent adolescent pregnancies.

1) Strengthened protection of the sexual and reproductive rights of adolescents; 2) improved coverage and quality of adolescent health services, including comprehensive sexuality education, for the prevention of adolescent pregnancies; 3) strengthened strategic alliances between key governmental, civil society actors and private sector for the prevention of adolescent pregnancies.

Results achieved as of March 2025 include: (1) developed or updated 15 regulatory and health guidelines aligned with international human rights standards for adolescents. This is done in collaboration with key institutions on education, health and justice to remove legal and policy barriers that prevent young people from fully exercising their sexual and reproductive rights. These guidelines include the Guidelines for the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy and the Protocol for the Care of Victims of Sexual Violence; (2) supported 390,000 adolescents (273,000 girls) to access 48 youth-friendly health services. Also, 171,393 adolescents (119,975 girls) received counselling on sexual and reproductive health, including comprehensive sexuality education and support for survivors of gender-based violence. This helps prevent adolescent pregnancies by making services more available and responsive to young people's needs; and (3) strengthened alliances among government, municipalities, civil society, and the private sector to support adolescent sexual and reproductive rights, contributing to sustainable public health policies adapted to the needs of adolescents and youth in Honduras.

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