EngenderHealth
For Support Of EngenderHealth's Programs And Strategy In West Africa
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Amount$500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded5/19/2021
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Term18 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
This grant will support EngenderHealth to expand its program for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Francophone West Africa. This third phase of funding will focus on expanding the network of reproductive rights advocates by working closely with youth-led organizations and advocates against gender-based violence in Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, and Burkina Faso. (Strategy: International Reproductive Health)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.engenderhealth.org
Address
505 9th Street Northwest, Suite 601, Washington, DC, 20004, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
In partnership with governments and communities in more than twenty countries, EngenderHealth trains public sector health professionals to provide high-quality maternal health, family planning, and HIV and AIDS services. With this funding, EngenderHealth will continue to train health care providers, offer facilitative supervision at health sites, and ensure the availability of commodities and supplies. It will work closely with country partners to advocate for policies that support strong, functioning health systems at all levels and encourage individuals, families, and communities to seek family planning and reproductive health services.
for a tool to improve family planning services
EngenderHealth is requesting funds to develop a prototype tool kit, called Checkpoints for Choice, that will help policymakers, health care providers, and community members identify whether women's choices about contraception are respected when they receive family planning services. The goal of this project is to provide these constituencies with an evidence-based and concrete tool to promote and protect reproductive rights and contraceptive choice. This project grant reflects the Global Development and Population Program’s stronger emphasis on fostering specific improvements in access to and quality of family planning services, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
