International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

FIGO Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Initiative

Funding secured: 750,000 US dollars

From: United Nations Population Fund (www.unfpa.org)  

Launched: Spring 2010 

Length of project: Three years 

Background: For many years, adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) has been overlooked as a major component of the global burden of sexual ill-health. International agencies such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), as well as international and national non-governmental organisations (NGO), are now focusing on improving ASRH and on providing programmatic funding for interventions.  

Aim of project: To strengthen the capacity of FIGO member associations to support ASRH interventions at national level.  This aim complements FIGO’s wider objective of strengthening its capacity to support national societies and, alongside this, increasing national societies’ capacity to play a major role in advocacy, training, policy development and reproductive health programmes. 

Countries involved: India ASRH Workshop (10-11 April 2010, Bangalore); Africa ASRH Workshop (26-27 April 2010, Khartoum); Latin America ASRH Workshop (4-5 November 2010, Santiago)