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Girls at the center of the work of our Alliance
From Latin America to Africa and Asia, our partner organizations are doing important work with adolescentes and young girls to advance their sexual and reproductive rights.
Get to know some of them:
HAGN, Haití
In the midst of political, economic and public health crisis, our partner HAGN works to ensure the empowerment, safety, health and well-being of girls in Haiti.
Through its programs, the Haiti Adolescent Girls Network provides adolescent girls and young women with the tools and resources they need to stay safe, protect their already acquired assets in sexual and reproductive health and financial education and gender-based violence, and strengthen their well-being while continuing to decrease their risk of falling prey to violence and unwanted pregnancies.
Aahung, Pakistán
Aahung has been working for +25 years to improve young girls’ access to education in Pakistan, especially in the midst of the recent floods. They have successfully carried out advocacy work in Sindh province y surrounding provinces a reform curricula on topics such as self-esteem, gender y power, puberty and reproductive health. They also collaborate with key players in the reproductive health sector a improve medical and nursing curricula on adolescent reproductive health y rights.
CIES, Bolivia
In a country with one of the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy in Latin America, nuestra partner CIES Bolivia contributes a the fulfillment of sexual and reproductive rights a improve the quality of life of adolescents y young girls who are in vulnerable situations. A través de programs such as “Tu Decides” they empower girls y adolescents a make informed decisions about their SRHR.
EVA, Nigeria
Due a social and cultural issues, communities in Nigeria have neglected adolescent health in the past resulting in poor understanding y limited access a health services. For two decades nuestra partner Education as a Vaccine has been working a advance the SRHR of adolescent girls, through their technology-based platforms (MyQ services), they provide information y referral on Family Planning services a young people. But it does not end there; EVA collaborates with key stakeholders in Nigeria a strengthen coordination between AYP, health workers, and health policymakers, a improve the capacity of health providers a deliver SRHR and Family Planning services in a youth-friendly manner.