With funding of about CAD29.9 million : Submit letters of interest for Addressing areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in sub-Saharan Africa
Applications are being accepted for Letters of Interest (LOIs) to address underserved areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa (ANSRHRA) by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and other funding partners.
In order to develop sustainable, equitable, and gender-transformative interventions in sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) for underserved sub-Saharan African women and girls, the ANSRHRA initiative seeks to fund eight implementation research teams (IRTs) in the first cohort (2020–2026). Enhancing access to family planning, contraceptive services, safe abortion care, sexuality education, and SGBV prevention will be the main goals of the grant.
The Initiative seeks to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRHR), which is often neglected, among underprivileged groups in sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing the capacity for evidence, mobilisation, demand for evidence, advocacy for the promotion of SRHR, and accountability for communities, governments, and important stakeholders are some of its goals. The project follows the logic model of the ANSRHRA.
The five main areas of focus for the ANSRHRA Initiative are: enhancing access to family planning and contraceptive services; increasing access to safe abortion care; protecting the rights of sexual and reproductive minors; preventing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV); bolstering SRHR advocacy; and addressing humanitarian and climate crises.
In order to avoid unwanted pregnancies and induced abortions, it is imperative to improve access to safe contraceptive and abortion treatment. In order to provide SRHR services, more people must have access to safe APAC care. Comprehensive programmes educating youth about sexuality empower them to protect their health, well-being, and dignity; to build respectful relationships in both social and sexual contexts; and to recognise their rights throughout their lives.
Improving services for victims of violence and preventing sexual and gender-based violence are essential for empowering marginalised communities, especially women and girls. Legislative and policy responses to SGBV are crucial tools for addressing root causes. Comprehensive strategies that span the public, political, health, economic, and legal domains are needed to strengthen support for SRHR.
Advocacy is both a priority topic for implementation research and an anticipated outcome of the project in all SRHR domains. Funding is available for implementation-research projects that implement, assess, modify, and scale evidence-based, community-informed SRHR advocacy programmes.
Don't miss out on the application deadline which is May 13, 2024 – 23:59 EDT.
Additional Information
In proposals that incorporate Indigenous communities, the Indigenous Research Team (IRT) must contain a minimum of one member who identifies as Indigenous or who can attest to significant, culturally appropriate engagement with Indigenous people in an Indigenous health research setting. This team member may be the principle applicant from Africa, the co-principal applicant from Canada, a senior representative from a civil society organisation, or another Indigenous co-principal applicant.
Applications for this call for letters of interest for IRTs are not accepted from organisations that were accepted as the HPRO for East and Southern Africa or West and Central Africa. Applications from women and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged.
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