Sightsavers can be the incapacity associate within the West and Central Africa consortium led by MSI Reproductive Selections as a part of the Girls’s Built-in Sexual Well being (WISH) programme, UK help’s flagship SRHR programme.
To contribute to the ‘go away nobody behind’ agenda, the WISH programme has been reaching girls with disabilities whose wants have been beforehand largely unmet by means of household planning and sexual reproductive well being service provision. By way of this programme, we’re offering experience to fellow consortium members to reinforce disability-inclusive practices with the objective to:
- Strengthen the data and selection that folks with disabilities have when it comes to sexual reproductive well being service provision, in addition to enhance group help for individuals with disabilities to train their sexual reproductive well being rights
- Strengthen authorities insurance policies, home financing and accountability by embedding incapacity inclusion to create a stronger enabling surroundings for household planning and sexual reproductive well being and rights that’s accessible and inclusive for everybody
- Enhance entry to sexual reproductive well being service provision for purchasers with all varieties of disabilities
We’re additionally working with companions to bridge present gaps. For instance, Sightsavers developed a coaching bundle to coach SRHR healthcare suppliers and different stakeholders such because the Ministry of Well being on the best way to search knowledgeable consent and safeguard individuals with disabilities from marginalised communities.
“Enhancing entry to sexual and reproductive well being and rights for girls with disabilities has been on the core of the WISH programme, and all consortium companions have made big progress to realize this objective. MSI is proud to see how incapacity inclusion is now a key a part of our programming.”
Caroline Guinard, FCDO programme director
MSI Reproductive Selections
The sexual and reproductive well being and rights of individuals with disabilities – significantly girls and ladies with disabilities – have been ignored for too lengthy. If we’re severe about leaving nobody behind, now could be the time to behave. It is important that we:
- Make investments enough sources
- Generate high quality proof
- Guarantee individuals with disabilities are meaningfully included within the well being sector and inside their communities
- Empower individuals with disabilities to make knowledgeable selections about their our bodies and futures
All of this requires a collective effort, on World Contraception Day – and each different day.
Authors
Andrea Pregel is Sightsavers’ world technical lead for inclusive well being, and Amalie Quevedo is Sightsavers’ technical advisor for inclusive sexual and reproductive well being and rights.
Let’s work collectively! If you wish to know extra about Sightsavers’ inclusive SRHR work, or need to discover alternatives for collaboration, please contact Andrea Pregel at [email protected]
