Project profile — Stand Up for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

• Uganda (50.00%)
• Mozambique (50.00%)

• Population policy and administrative management:
Population policy and administrative management (13010) (35.00%)
Reproductive health care (13020) (14.00%)
Family planning (13030) (32.00%)
STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (14.00%)
• Unallocated/ Unspecified: Promotion of development awareness (99820) (5.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (principal objective)
• Nutrition (significant objective)

This project aims to improve access to high quality and gender-sensitive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services for vulnerable adolescent girls and young women, between the ages of 15 and 24, in Mozambique and Uganda. Projects activities include: (1) recruiting and training peer educators and facilitators to raise awareness of topics related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) amongst beneficiaries in the targeted communities; (2) holding training sessions for adolescent girls and women, and engaging with men, boys and community-leaders to raise awareness of SRHR and address discriminatory social norms; (3) delivering training to health care providers and providing local health care facilities with the appropriate equipment to deliver gender-responsive and youth-friendly SRH services, including access to contraceptives, safe abortion (where legal), post-abortion care, and secondary prevention services for gender-based violence; and (4) organizing advocacy campaigns alongside local women’s and girls’ rights organizations to push for better and more accessible SRH services, and the adoption of rights- and evidence-based policies in both Uganda and Mozambique. The project seeks to benefit nearly 500,000 people, 95% of whom are adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 15 and 24. Oxfam Canada is implementing this project in partnership with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the Guttmacher Institute, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, and various Women’s Rights Organizations and Youth-led Organizations across Uganda and Mozambique.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable use of SRH services by diverse groups of adolescent girls and young women; (2) improved provision of quality, gender-responsive, inclusive and accountable SRH services and information by health care providers for diverse groups of adolescent girls and young women; and (3) improved effectiveness of key stakeholders, particularly women rights organizations (WROs), to advocate for evidence-based, accountable and equitable SRHR policies, legal frameworks and services.

Results achieved as of March 2025 include: (1) provided 352,427 adolescent girls and young women in Mozambique and Uganda with sexual and reproductive health services; (2) 39 health facilities provided gender-responsive sexual and reproductive health care services, exceeding the target of 31; (3) 40 health facilities offered at least 3 modern methods of contraception on the day of assessment, up from 26 the previous year and exceeding the target of 32; and (4) the Ugandan government officially banned the practice of disco matanga (funeral discos), a major driver of teenage pregnancies and sexual violence, in Namayingo District in October 2024 as a result of partner advocacy in Uganda.

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