Focus Area 4: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights - SRHR

Focus area Purpose: 

We are working to empower and support impoverished rural adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania to have knowledge on, advocate for and exercise without coercion their sexual and reproductive health and rights, make informed decisions on their bodies and live free from sexual violence, stigma, and discrimination. 

Focus area Priority/Goal: 

By 2050, we aim to increase awareness, knowledge, and access to comprehensive, rights-based sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) education and services for at least 500,000 impoverished rural adolescent girls and young women aged 10 to 24 years old in Tanzania.

Focus area Interventions (Actions):

I.  We build capacities and sensitize impoverished rural adolescent girls and young-women on Sexual and Reproductive health and rights (SRHR), comprehensive sexuality education, menstrual hygiene management (MHM), Sexual Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS preventions, family planning and use of modern contraceptives methods, sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation to help them understand, promote and exercise sexual and reproductive health and rights without coercion.

II.  We fight against girl child pregnancy, marriage and female genital mutilation by empowering impoverished rural adolescent girls between 10 to 17 years old to raise their voices on these matters and, initiate and implement interventions which ensure safety, socio-economic development and inclusion of survivors of teens marriages, pregnancies and female genital mutilation.

III.   We promote access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services by linking and referring impoverished rural adolescent girls and young-women with youth-friendly reproductive health services and counseling in regards with making informed decisions on their health and bodies.

IV.   We promote bodily autonomy and rights by establishing and supporting safe spaces for impoverished rural adolescent girls and young women to discuss their issues freely and partner with Laws firms to provide information on existing laws related to SRHR, child marriage, sexual and gender-based violence.  

V.   We empower impoverished rural adolescent girls and young women to understand and claim their legal rights, strengthen mechanisms for reporting and addressing SRHR violations and SGBV, ensuring survivors have access to justice and support without fear of retribution or re-victimization.
   
VI.  We promote Male Engagement and Allyship by conducting initiatives targeting boys and men, teachers, local, religious and traditional leaders to promote respectful relationships, SRHR, Bodily autonomy and challenge harmful norms that perpetuate Sexual and Gender-based violence, denial for the right to decide for their bodies, lives and futures affecting impoverished rural adolescent girls and young-women. 
 

OUR CALL TO ACTION:
BE THE CHANGE AND REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES!

We can all make a sustainable difference and impact in the lives of the impoverished rural adolescents girls and young women we help and serve in Tanzania.
Therefore, we would like to sincerely ask you to take one or all of the following actions listed below for helping us continuing making impact and dismantle inequalities in rural communities in Tanzania:  
1.        We invite you to Champion our organization and its cause by being a true believer, role model, connector and supporter of the mission, vision, and impact of our organization.  
2.      We invite you to be a voice by inviting others to become involved and engaged with our organization and its cause for a greater visibility and help grow our organization’s network and influence around the world.  
3.      We invite you to invest in our work by using your time, energy, and even making a valuable donation of any amount to help us answer the needs of the target groups we serve and implement actions leading to sustainable and impactful changes.