Project profile — Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Léogâne and Gressier

This project aims to improve the exercise of the right to sexual and reproductive health (SDSR) of Haitians. Direct beneficiaries targeted by age group include girls and boys aged 7-14, 15-19, as well as adult aged 20-45 in the municipalities of Léogâne and Gressier Western Department of Haiti. This project is implemented by L'OEUVRE LÉGER, Social Justice Connection (CJS) and the Haitian Institute of Community Health (INHSAC). The project will work on two fronts: the first aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of community and societal actions Léogâne and Gressier, particularly women and adolescents, youth and women's groups, to assert their sexual and reproductive health rights (rights holders); and the second, to support this same civil society to initiate a dialogue on the sexual and reproductive health and rights with political leaders, officials and managers of the health institutions of the two municipalities and the communal health coordination body (Community Health Unit strengthen the accountability of these same institutions (debtors of obligation) to their communities. The issues surrounding sexual and reproductive health rights are intrinsically linked to those of gender equality and gender-based violence, and for this reason, the project will also aim to empower women and girls with respect to their sexual and reproductive health rights in terms of access to information, education, and health and family planning services.

The expected results of this project include: (1) increased efficiency of Haitian civil society organizations and citizens in Léogâne and Gressier, particularly women's and adolescent girls' rights organizations, to advocate for their sexual and reproductive health and rights; and (2) improved accountability of Haitian health institutions in Léogâne and Gressier, particularly the SRHR, for women and adolescent girls.

Results achieved as of September 2024 include: (1) organized 15,113 home visits on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), reaching 30,056 people (16,970 women and 13,086 men) in the targeted communes; (2) trained 69 managers and health care providers (46 women and 23 men) on SRHR; (3) enhanced knowledge or skills of 100 people (72% women and 28% men). This helped to promote women’s participation and leadership in public life; and (4) organized 20 capacity building activities to support the delivery of quality SRHR services to men, women and adolescent girls in the communities served by the project.