Project profile — HÈRÈ - Women's well-being in Mali

• Mali (100.00%)

• Population policy and administrative management:
Population policy and administrative management (13010) (60.00%)
Reproductive health care (13020) (20.00%)
Family planning (13030) (10.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Nutrition (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disability (significant objective)

This project seeks to improve the well-being of women and girls in the Sikasso, Ségou and Mopti regions and the district of Bamako in Mali. Project activities include : 1) delivering better family planning services and post-abortion care to more than 200,000 women and adolescent girls; 2) raising awareness among more than 1,000,000 people through interactive radio programs or other kinds of campaigns on sexual and reproductive health and gender based violence; 3) providing 465 community members, 120 female members of women’s groups, and at least 200 community health centre care providers and mobile midwives with training on sexual and reproductive health and gender based violence; 4) training 16 district-level trainer-supervisors so as to ensure the sustainability and good governance of the health system; 5) holding sessions to lobby 150 key decision makers and policy leaders on sexual and reproductive health and gender based violence issues at the national and regional levels; and 6) building the capacity of 20 media representatives to ensure awareness of and proper communication on the issues of gender inequality.

The expected outcomes for this project include : (1) there are fewer socio cultural barriers that foster gender based violence and limit the use of sexual and reproductive health services by women and girls in the targeted regions; (2) the range and quality of sexual and reproductive health services and the response to gender based violence are improved, equitable and based on the rights of women, girls, men and boys in the targeted regions; and (3) the legislative and policy environment at the national and regional levels better promotes and protects women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights.

The results achieved by the end of the project (April 2026) demonstrate significant progress in improving access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, transforming social norms and strengthening community capacities. These results include the following: (1) the cumulative training of 746 health care providers from community health centres (CSComs) on SRH and the management of gender-based violence (GBV) cases, far exceeding the initial target of 200 providers and helping to improve service quality, with a 98% client satisfaction rate; (2) an estimated audience of 2,309,930 people reached through interactive radio programs on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), GBV and family planning, which is more than twice the original target; (3) the training of 241 community and religious leaders on SRH, gender equality and GBV, strengthening their role as agents of change and influential advocates within their communities; (4) the strengthening of a youth network with 76 trained young ambassadors, and the mobilization of 1,440 members of community listening groups (including 680 youth) who are actively engaged in social and behaviour change communication activities on SRH and GBV among their peers; (5) the prevention of 337,799 unwanted pregnancies through increased access to family planning and SRH services; and (6) the provision of family planning and reproductive health services to 692,465 individuals, the majority of whom were women.

• Proactive disclosure