Policies, Regulations, and Systems

Access to Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) is a major barrier to most girls in Zimbabwe. This is due to legal restrictions on adolescent access to SRHR, lack of knowledge, lack of available SRHR commodities, distance from services, harmful cultural practices and an insensitive justice delivery system. These factors exacerbate Gender Based Violence, early child marriages, teenage pregnancies and community case resolution. They also limit the girls' right to health and other human rights.

In Brazil, a woman is raped every 11 minutes and 12 women are killed daily1. Lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) women are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence2,3. In 2018, a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman, Marielle Franco, was shot and killed in her car4. Raised in poverty, Franco was a black, bisexual, feminist, human rights activist and single mother. Her murder shocked the world and the crime is still unsolved. No interventions exist to address violence against LBT women.

En Côte d'Ivoire, les pesanteurs socioculturelles empêchent nombre de femmes de dénoncer les violences qu'elles subissent, notamment au sein de leurs foyers. Le règlement à l'amiable est souvent privilégié aux poursuites judiciaires en cas de VBG, sans réelle sanction à l'encontre des auteurs. Cela renforce le sentiment d'impunité de ces derniers et entrave l'accès des femmes aux services de prise en charge médicale, psychologique, juridique, socioéconomique, de protection dont elles nécessitent

Female sex workers (FSWs), including Transgender (TG) women in India are oppressed & highly stigmatized, living in acute poverty, routinely facing violence, sexual assault & rape. Health is a neglected issue due to discrimination at healthcare centers and economic insecurity. Our multi-level innovation enables & empowers FSWs to access timely pre & postexposure prophylaxis against HIV, STI testing, and psychological/legal support in a safe & non-judgmental manner that is currently unavailable.

At 86%, Sudan has one of the highest prevalence rates of the worst type of FGM in Africa despite efforts to stop it since the 1940's by the British, by doctors and by NGO's. Even the current regime - with poor record on women's rights - has taken actions funded by international donors. But progress is slow and erratic. Sudan's population is getting younger, urban and educated providing a unique opportunity to significantly speed up the abandonment of FGM through youth leadership.