Latest items for DACH-PRACTICE-1
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:04 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The latest report identifies pre-existing conditions as being risk factors for poor maternal outcomes, along with socioeconomic factors and attitudes that affect the quality of care women receive, which include ignorance, bias, microaggressions and racism" (para 4). "Black women are at greater risk of late cancer diagnosis compared to white women. Cancer Research UK found ethnicity to be a “significant factor in stage of diagnosis” for women in England with breast, ovarian, uterine, and non-small cell lung cancer... Black women in pain are often not believed. Tropes still abound about black skin being thicker than white; that Black people don’t need as much pain relief as our white counterparts" (para...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The latest report identifies pre-existing conditions as being risk factors for poor maternal outcomes, along with socioeconomic factors and attitudes that affect the quality of care women receive, which include ignorance, bias, microaggressions and racism" (para 4). "Black women are at greater risk of late cancer diagnosis compared to white women. Cancer Research UK found ethnicity to be a “significant factor in stage of diagnosis” for women in England with breast, ovarian, uterine, and non-small cell lung cancer... Black women in pain are often not believed. Tropes still abound about black skin being thicker than white; that Black people don’t need as much pain relief as our white counterparts" (para...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"There is plenty of evidence that shows women experience disbelief at the early stages of a healthcare encounter, and experience pain for longer before they are referred to a specialist clinic compared with men. This is the Yentl syndrome, which suggests that women are only treated seriously if they are perceived to be as sick as a man. Men wait an average of 49 minutes before being treated for abdominal pain. For women, the wait is 65 minutes for the same symptoms" (para 3). "In 2016, the UK’s Brain Tumour Charity released the results of a questionnaire completed by more than 1,000 people. It found that almost one in three...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"There is plenty of evidence that shows women experience disbelief at the early stages of a healthcare encounter, and experience pain for longer before they are referred to a specialist clinic compared with men. This is the Yentl syndrome, which suggests that women are only treated seriously if they are perceived to be as sick as a man. Men wait an average of 49 minutes before being treated for abdominal pain. For women, the wait is 65 minutes for the same symptoms" (para 3). "In 2016, the UK’s Brain Tumour Charity released the results of a questionnaire completed by more than 1,000 people. It found that almost one in three...more
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. They test for STDs, as aggressors aren’t usually healthy. They also test for internal damage, as many of these women are gang raped in as many as 10 on 1.
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. They test for STDs, as aggressors aren’t usually healthy. They also test for internal damage, as many of these women are gang raped in as many as 10 on 1.
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, Belize improved its HIV/AIDS health management and information systems and M&E efforts through the Belize Health Information System. The Epidemiology Unit collects data as part of the National Program on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and other Sexually Transmitted Infections" (37). "The 2021–2025 plan continues to recognize community awareness, training of health care workers to provide culturally sensitive services to victims of violence and the referral system. It explains that victims of sexual violence will begin to receive post exposure prophylaxis for HIV and STIs if eligible according to recognized guidelines" (37). "Several Rural Women’s Health Forums were held throughout the country...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, Belize improved its HIV/AIDS health management and information systems and M&E efforts through the Belize Health Information System. The Epidemiology Unit collects data as part of the National Program on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and other Sexually Transmitted Infections" (37). "The 2021–2025 plan continues to recognize community awareness, training of health care workers to provide culturally sensitive services to victims of violence and the referral system. It explains that victims of sexual violence will begin to receive post exposure prophylaxis for HIV and STIs if eligible according to recognized guidelines" (37). "Several Rural Women’s Health Forums were held throughout the country...more
Oct. 4, 2024, 10:49 a.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"A five-year Global Fund Project entitled 'Strengthening of Belize’s Multi-sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS' concluded in October 2009. The Women’s Department was one of seven sub-recipients of the project. The project focused on reducing the vulnerability to HIV/AIDS for Women and Youth. As part of the project, the Department developed knowledge products to empower women of reproductive age regarding the link between domestic violence/gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. During the reporting period, partnerships between the Ministry of Health, National AIDS Commission, the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC), governmental agencies and NGOs working on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. As mentioned in various paragraphs above, collaborations led to policy development,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"A five-year Global Fund Project entitled 'Strengthening of Belize’s Multi-sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS' concluded in October 2009. The Women’s Department was one of seven sub-recipients of the project. The project focused on reducing the vulnerability to HIV/AIDS for Women and Youth. As part of the project, the Department developed knowledge products to empower women of reproductive age regarding the link between domestic violence/gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. During the reporting period, partnerships between the Ministry of Health, National AIDS Commission, the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC), governmental agencies and NGOs working on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. As mentioned in various paragraphs above, collaborations led to policy development,...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:46 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Sex education is addressed in schools in Belize through the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Curriculum. Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) is a comprehensive, life skills-based programme, which focuses on the development of the whole person. It looks at areas such as personal and social well-being and making healthy choices in different domains. HFLE is integrated into other subjects or taught as a separate subject. However, not all schools offer it, particularly faith-based ones. In terms of sex education, the unit seeks to improve the capacity of students to practice responsible social and sexual behaviour and decision-making. To ensure sexual and reproductive health information reaches all schools, the...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Sex education is addressed in schools in Belize through the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Curriculum. Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) is a comprehensive, life skills-based programme, which focuses on the development of the whole person. It looks at areas such as personal and social well-being and making healthy choices in different domains. HFLE is integrated into other subjects or taught as a separate subject. However, not all schools offer it, particularly faith-based ones. In terms of sex education, the unit seeks to improve the capacity of students to practice responsible social and sexual behaviour and decision-making. To ensure sexual and reproductive health information reaches all schools, the...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:45 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Access to services is facilitated through the ongoing Maternal and Child Health program of the Ministry of Health. This program ensures access, coverage, and quality of basic care for mothers and children. Pre and postnatal integrated health care is tailored to specific reproductive health needs of individuals. It includes monitoring and management of normal pregnancy, gynaecological and obstetric pathologies, and sexual and reproductive health services. These are delivered through a network of eight urban and 37 rural health centres. The success of this program led the Ministry of Health to receive the Americas Award 2010 Laureate in the category of Improvement of Maternal Health. In 2018, the Technical Advisor of...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Access to services is facilitated through the ongoing Maternal and Child Health program of the Ministry of Health. This program ensures access, coverage, and quality of basic care for mothers and children. Pre and postnatal integrated health care is tailored to specific reproductive health needs of individuals. It includes monitoring and management of normal pregnancy, gynaecological and obstetric pathologies, and sexual and reproductive health services. These are delivered through a network of eight urban and 37 rural health centres. The success of this program led the Ministry of Health to receive the Americas Award 2010 Laureate in the category of Improvement of Maternal Health. In 2018, the Technical Advisor of...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:45 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, 7,578 people attended various awareness and training sessions on different types of violence, conflict resolution, sexual and reproductive health, and women’s rights" (26). "The Women’s Department ensures that community health workers are included in Domestic Violence training since they are front-line persons in rural areas. Between 2010–2020, the Ministry of Health Epidemiology Unit, conducted a Field Epidemiology Training Program with support from the Centre for Disease Control. Annually, ten participants receive training on a range of topics including domestic violence and teen pregnancy. At the end of 2020, 93 persons had completed the basic level of which 11 moved on to higher levels" (27). "The Ministry...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, 7,578 people attended various awareness and training sessions on different types of violence, conflict resolution, sexual and reproductive health, and women’s rights" (26). "The Women’s Department ensures that community health workers are included in Domestic Violence training since they are front-line persons in rural areas. Between 2010–2020, the Ministry of Health Epidemiology Unit, conducted a Field Epidemiology Training Program with support from the Centre for Disease Control. Annually, ten participants receive training on a range of topics including domestic violence and teen pregnancy. At the end of 2020, 93 persons had completed the basic level of which 11 moved on to higher levels" (27). "The Ministry...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:44 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Considering the shortage of medical specialists and mental health professionals in country, several countries are supporting Belize via cooperation agreements in line with Belize’s Human Resources Strategic Plan for 2019-2024. Through cooperation agreements, approximately 100 Cuban health workers volunteer in Belize annually. Also, between 2017-2019, 83 Nigerian, eight Filipinos, and 24 Nicaraguans were registered with the Nurses and Midwives Council. Additionally, 205 Filipinos were granted a one-year licence. These medical professionals are deployed countrywide to both urban and rural areas and provide a range of services for women, girls, and vulnerable persons" (19). "In the last quart of 2020, the Spotlight Initiative, in collaboration with Ministry of Human Development, Families,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Considering the shortage of medical specialists and mental health professionals in country, several countries are supporting Belize via cooperation agreements in line with Belize’s Human Resources Strategic Plan for 2019-2024. Through cooperation agreements, approximately 100 Cuban health workers volunteer in Belize annually. Also, between 2017-2019, 83 Nigerian, eight Filipinos, and 24 Nicaraguans were registered with the Nurses and Midwives Council. Additionally, 205 Filipinos were granted a one-year licence. These medical professionals are deployed countrywide to both urban and rural areas and provide a range of services for women, girls, and vulnerable persons" (19). "In the last quart of 2020, the Spotlight Initiative, in collaboration with Ministry of Human Development, Families,...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:44 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Despite efforts to improve healthcare services for elderly persons, various accounts point to the fact that Belize lacks medical personnel trained in geriatric care making it difficult for healthcare providers to adequately respond to the needs of older persons, even more so, the needs of elderly women. To improve this gap, NHI continue to support the Mercy Care Clinic, the only facility in the entire country focusing on the geriatric population" (8). "In 2020 UNFPA through the Spotlight Initiative, the Child Development Foundation, Human Rights Commission of Belize, Belize Family Life Association, Organization for Women in Action, implemented the Mobile Women Centre (MWCs) delivering lifelifesaving services through legal support, psychosocial...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Despite efforts to improve healthcare services for elderly persons, various accounts point to the fact that Belize lacks medical personnel trained in geriatric care making it difficult for healthcare providers to adequately respond to the needs of older persons, even more so, the needs of elderly women. To improve this gap, NHI continue to support the Mercy Care Clinic, the only facility in the entire country focusing on the geriatric population" (8). "In 2020 UNFPA through the Spotlight Initiative, the Child Development Foundation, Human Rights Commission of Belize, Belize Family Life Association, Organization for Women in Action, implemented the Mobile Women Centre (MWCs) delivering lifelifesaving services through legal support, psychosocial...more
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
“The Cameron government is trying to end the stigma and discrimination attached to the condition [of fistula] through education programs” (11).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
“The Cameron government is trying to end the stigma and discrimination attached to the condition [of fistula] through education programs” (11).
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Life programme promotes access to health-care services for pregnant girls and adolescents and mothers under 14 years of age who are victims of sexual violence and whose cases have been prosecuted. Under the programme, the Government provides conditional cash transfers to enable mothers and their children to attend medical appointments on a regular basis. In April 2021, the Government initiated a pilot plan to visit girls and adolescents in central Guatemala in order to assess progress and risks, and to review compliance with the relevant conditions. During the period 2018–2021, the Life programme benefited 538 women, with an investment of 4.14 million quetzales" (30). "Guatemala has made efforts to...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Life programme promotes access to health-care services for pregnant girls and adolescents and mothers under 14 years of age who are victims of sexual violence and whose cases have been prosecuted. Under the programme, the Government provides conditional cash transfers to enable mothers and their children to attend medical appointments on a regular basis. In April 2021, the Government initiated a pilot plan to visit girls and adolescents in central Guatemala in order to assess progress and risks, and to review compliance with the relevant conditions. During the period 2018–2021, the Life programme benefited 538 women, with an investment of 4.14 million quetzales" (30). "Guatemala has made efforts to...more
July 17, 2024, 3:07 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare has improved health care by transferring 2.5 million quetzales for the development of 'friendly spaces', in which comprehensive sexuality education is offered. The Ministry has provided technical support in order to help 50 adolescent leaders of 'friendly spaces' in 11 districts in the department of El Progreso to address topics relating to comprehensive sexuality education. Under the 'Prevention through Education' agreement, the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare has provided training for health-care personnel and has provided comprehensive sexuality education to adolescents and young people as part of the 'friendly spaces' strategy of health districts. The Ministry has also designed a...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare has improved health care by transferring 2.5 million quetzales for the development of 'friendly spaces', in which comprehensive sexuality education is offered. The Ministry has provided technical support in order to help 50 adolescent leaders of 'friendly spaces' in 11 districts in the department of El Progreso to address topics relating to comprehensive sexuality education. Under the 'Prevention through Education' agreement, the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare has provided training for health-care personnel and has provided comprehensive sexuality education to adolescents and young people as part of the 'friendly spaces' strategy of health districts. The Ministry has also designed a...more
July 17, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"With the aim of reducing maternal mortality, in 2020 the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare approved the 2021–2025 action plan for the national policy on midwives of the four peoples of Guatemala, in order to fulfil the objectives and implement the provisions of the policy. The Ministry has coordinated the provision of assistance with natural vertical childbirth with the national programmes for reproductive health and for traditional and alternative medicine, strengthening cultural sensitivity. It also approved guidelines for the coordination of work with midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic" (26). "The Secretariat of Food and Nutrition Security has approved the Great National Crusade against Malnutrition, focused on children under...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"With the aim of reducing maternal mortality, in 2020 the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare approved the 2021–2025 action plan for the national policy on midwives of the four peoples of Guatemala, in order to fulfil the objectives and implement the provisions of the policy. The Ministry has coordinated the provision of assistance with natural vertical childbirth with the national programmes for reproductive health and for traditional and alternative medicine, strengthening cultural sensitivity. It also approved guidelines for the coordination of work with midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic" (26). "The Secretariat of Food and Nutrition Security has approved the Great National Crusade against Malnutrition, focused on children under...more
July 17, 2024, 3:05 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"With regard to protecting children and adolescents in order to ensure their physical and psychological well-being, the Public Prosecution Service established four internal tracks for providing comprehensive care to pregnant women and girls under 14 years of age. It set up the 2411-8686 telephone hotline to receive reports of cases and facilitate communication between prosecutors and hospital, health centre and private clinic personnel" (11). "With regard to preventing and raising awareness of child and adolescent pregnancy, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare prepared a guide on the provision of comprehensive and differentiated care to pregnant girls under 14 years of age. It has supervised operations on the ground in...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"With regard to protecting children and adolescents in order to ensure their physical and psychological well-being, the Public Prosecution Service established four internal tracks for providing comprehensive care to pregnant women and girls under 14 years of age. It set up the 2411-8686 telephone hotline to receive reports of cases and facilitate communication between prosecutors and hospital, health centre and private clinic personnel" (11). "With regard to preventing and raising awareness of child and adolescent pregnancy, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare prepared a guide on the provision of comprehensive and differentiated care to pregnant girls under 14 years of age. It has supervised operations on the ground in...more
July 17, 2024, 3:04 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"To attend to the needs of children and adolescents, the comprehensive care model for children and adolescents was launched in 2019, with the aim of upholding and protecting their human rights by providing prompt, culturally sensitive care with a gender perspective to ensure personal protection, give legal, psychological, social and health guidance, reduce secondary victimization and provide child and adolescent victims of crimes with differentiated care" (3). "In 2019, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare updated the protocol for the provision of care to victims of sexual violence. This protocol is applied at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health care. The Ministry also runs regional training sessions...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"To attend to the needs of children and adolescents, the comprehensive care model for children and adolescents was launched in 2019, with the aim of upholding and protecting their human rights by providing prompt, culturally sensitive care with a gender perspective to ensure personal protection, give legal, psychological, social and health guidance, reduce secondary victimization and provide child and adolescent victims of crimes with differentiated care" (3). "In 2019, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare updated the protocol for the provision of care to victims of sexual violence. This protocol is applied at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health care. The Ministry also runs regional training sessions...more
May 2, 2024, 6:29 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Denmark and Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many years on Inuit Greenlanders by Danish doctors. Thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD), commonly known as a coil, during the 1960s and 70s" (para 1-2). "It was in the 1970s that a doctor told Naja, who believes she was then aged about 13, to go to her local hospital to have a coil implanted following a routine school medical examination" (para 5). "'I didn't really know what it [was] because he never explained or got my permission,' says Naja, who at the time...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Denmark and Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many years on Inuit Greenlanders by Danish doctors. Thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD), commonly known as a coil, during the 1960s and 70s" (para 1-2). "It was in the 1970s that a doctor told Naja, who believes she was then aged about 13, to go to her local hospital to have a coil implanted following a routine school medical examination" (para 5). "'I didn't really know what it [was] because he never explained or got my permission,' says Naja, who at the time...more
April 30, 2024, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Healthcare facilities have been forced to temporarily close as a result of the violence, and thousands of people have fled their homes" (para 8).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Healthcare facilities have been forced to temporarily close as a result of the violence, and thousands of people have fled their homes" (para 8).
April 30, 2024, 8:19 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"And Israel’s national emergency medical and disaster service is for the first time segregating men and women during the academic part of paramedic training undertaken to fulfill a national service requirement, the Israeli news media reported last week. A spokesman, Nadav Matzner, said that many of the students were religious, and emphasized that all of the clinical training will be in mixed-sex settings and that paramedics must provide care for everyone" (para 13) If trainings are getting segregated and there is a tendency for men to want to segregate women in public life, women getting access to healthcare could be an issue if it comes down to an emergency and...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"And Israel’s national emergency medical and disaster service is for the first time segregating men and women during the academic part of paramedic training undertaken to fulfill a national service requirement, the Israeli news media reported last week. A spokesman, Nadav Matzner, said that many of the students were religious, and emphasized that all of the clinical training will be in mixed-sex settings and that paramedics must provide care for everyone" (para 13) If trainings are getting segregated and there is a tendency for men to want to segregate women in public life, women getting access to healthcare could be an issue if it comes down to an emergency and...more
April 28, 2024, 11:18 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Additional financing for the Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary Project includes sub grants to schools to provide cash transfers, in an effort to get both boys and girls back into school, with differentiated application for girls. (Early results show that girls’ examination pass rates have started to recover from their low in 2020)" (para 9).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Additional financing for the Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary Project includes sub grants to schools to provide cash transfers, in an effort to get both boys and girls back into school, with differentiated application for girls. (Early results show that girls’ examination pass rates have started to recover from their low in 2020)" (para 9).
April 28, 2024, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"I’m encouraged to hear that in the DRC, the government has begun to strengthen the safety of primary schools with World Bank support: 100% of primary school teachers in the provinces where the Emergency Equity and System Strengthening in Education project operates have signed a revised Code of Good Conduct that includes clear definitions of prohibited behavior pertaining to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, and also lays out sanctions. About 20,000 safe and inclusive school focal points were appointed in all public primary schools in project provinces and a dedicated channel for resolving sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (SEA/SH) complaints was integrated in the ministry’s grievance mechanisms (Allo...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"I’m encouraged to hear that in the DRC, the government has begun to strengthen the safety of primary schools with World Bank support: 100% of primary school teachers in the provinces where the Emergency Equity and System Strengthening in Education project operates have signed a revised Code of Good Conduct that includes clear definitions of prohibited behavior pertaining to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, and also lays out sanctions. About 20,000 safe and inclusive school focal points were appointed in all public primary schools in project provinces and a dedicated channel for resolving sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (SEA/SH) complaints was integrated in the ministry’s grievance mechanisms (Allo...more
April 28, 2024, 11:13 p.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, DACH-PRACTICE-2
"n Angola, the Girls Empowerment and Learning Project includes improved access to sexual and reproductive health services. For out-of-school youth, the project scales up second-chance education, incorporating life skills and adolescent health information. It introduces a scholarship program reaching 900,000 youth entering secondary school, with a registration bonus for girls" (para 9).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, DACH-PRACTICE-2
"n Angola, the Girls Empowerment and Learning Project includes improved access to sexual and reproductive health services. For out-of-school youth, the project scales up second-chance education, incorporating life skills and adolescent health information. It introduces a scholarship program reaching 900,000 youth entering secondary school, with a registration bonus for girls" (para 9).
April 28, 2024, 11:08 p.m.
Countries: Tanzania
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Programs like the Tanzania Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program, an IDA-financed Program for Results that focus on school sanitation needs can be a game changer for girls. Similarly, the ongoing Secondary Education Quality Improvement Program which supports the implementation of a comprehensive Safe Schools Program, also targets infrastructure improvements, including a reasonable student-to-latrine ratio for both girls and boys" (para 11).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Programs like the Tanzania Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program, an IDA-financed Program for Results that focus on school sanitation needs can be a game changer for girls. Similarly, the ongoing Secondary Education Quality Improvement Program which supports the implementation of a comprehensive Safe Schools Program, also targets infrastructure improvements, including a reasonable student-to-latrine ratio for both girls and boys" (para 11).
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[A] National programme for the preservation and improvement of sexual and reproductive health, in 2017 [was adopted or established]" (2, 14). "[There is] insufficient coverage of organized screenings for the early detection of breast cancer and cervical cancer" (14). "[T]he free and informed consent of the woman concerned is [not guaranteed to be] acquired" (14). "Roma women, older women, poor women, women with disabilities, refugee and internally displaced women and women heads of household continue to experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination... [T]hose women continue to have limited access to health care" (16).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[A] National programme for the preservation and improvement of sexual and reproductive health, in 2017 [was adopted or established]" (2, 14). "[There is] insufficient coverage of organized screenings for the early detection of breast cancer and cervical cancer" (14). "[T]he free and informed consent of the woman concerned is [not guaranteed to be] acquired" (14). "Roma women, older women, poor women, women with disabilities, refugee and internally displaced women and women heads of household continue to experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination... [T]hose women continue to have limited access to health care" (16).
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he human papillomavirus vaccination programme, targeting girls 11 years of age,[was] launched in 2016, although the participation rate remains low" (12).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he human papillomavirus vaccination programme, targeting girls 11 years of age,[was] launched in 2016, although the participation rate remains low" (12).
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he State has established the National Cancer Prevention and Monitoring Programme, which provides all women with free, walk-in cancer screening at health centres. The Programme also provides training for health practitioners (midwives), NGOs and community health liaison workers" (18). "The creation of a mandatory health insurance system, with a special fund for the poor (low-income Gabonese people) that covers 80 per cent of health-related costs, including medications, has expanded women's access to basic health-care services" (18). "[H]ealth providers [are trained to] provid[e] care for mothers and children in all health facilities in the country" (20).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he State has established the National Cancer Prevention and Monitoring Programme, which provides all women with free, walk-in cancer screening at health centres. The Programme also provides training for health practitioners (midwives), NGOs and community health liaison workers" (18). "The creation of a mandatory health insurance system, with a special fund for the poor (low-income Gabonese people) that covers 80 per cent of health-related costs, including medications, has expanded women's access to basic health-care services" (18). "[H]ealth providers [are trained to] provid[e] care for mothers and children in all health facilities in the country" (20).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[Female] victims [do not] have access to comprehensive medical treatment, mental health care and psychosocial support" (4). "Access for women and girls to sexual and reproductive health services and family planning services is inadequate, especially among indigenous women and girls, who also lack access to vaccinations" (12). "[W]omen and girls do not] have access to accurate information relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights [. A]ll women, including rural and indigenous women [do not] have access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health services" (12). "Pygmy women [do not] have access to affordable sexual and reproductive health-care services, basic prenatal and postnatal care and emergency obstetric services" (15).more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[Female] victims [do not] have access to comprehensive medical treatment, mental health care and psychosocial support" (4). "Access for women and girls to sexual and reproductive health services and family planning services is inadequate, especially among indigenous women and girls, who also lack access to vaccinations" (12). "[W]omen and girls do not] have access to accurate information relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights [. A]ll women, including rural and indigenous women [do not] have access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health services" (12). "Pygmy women [do not] have access to affordable sexual and reproductive health-care services, basic prenatal and postnatal care and emergency obstetric services" (15).more
Feb. 20, 2024, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Facing further barriers, all women in Qatar need to show they are married in order to access certain forms of sexual and reproductive healthcare, adds Begum. This can include treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HIV and pregnancy" (para 26).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Facing further barriers, all women in Qatar need to show they are married in order to access certain forms of sexual and reproductive healthcare, adds Begum. This can include treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HIV and pregnancy" (para 26).
Feb. 16, 2024, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"'Honduran women, I will not fail you, I will defend your rights, all your rights, count on me,' said Castro, whose resounding election victory ended a dozen years of conservative rule and generated high hopes for change in a country with one of the highest rates of femicide and most restrictive laws against reproductive rights in Latin America" (para 2). "Their main grievance was the failure to fulfil a campaign promise to legalise emergency contraceptives without restrictions" (para 6). "Honduras is the only country in Latin America with absolute bans on abortion and emergency contraceptives. A recent proposal to legalise emergency contraceptives in cases of rape sparked indignation" (para 7)....more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"'Honduran women, I will not fail you, I will defend your rights, all your rights, count on me,' said Castro, whose resounding election victory ended a dozen years of conservative rule and generated high hopes for change in a country with one of the highest rates of femicide and most restrictive laws against reproductive rights in Latin America" (para 2). "Their main grievance was the failure to fulfil a campaign promise to legalise emergency contraceptives without restrictions" (para 6). "Honduras is the only country in Latin America with absolute bans on abortion and emergency contraceptives. A recent proposal to legalise emergency contraceptives in cases of rape sparked indignation" (para 7)....more
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[There is] inadequate staffing of rural health-care centres owing to the brain drain of medical professionals" (12). "[A]ccess to high-quality health-care services [is limited] for women belonging to disadvantaged groups who are not covered by health insurance, including women working in the informal sector, women engaged in unpaid domestic work, migrant women and those who are victims of gender-based violence, trafficking or forced marriage" (12). "[There is] limited access to health-care services, including maternal care services [against refugee and asylum-seeking women]" (14).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[There is] inadequate staffing of rural health-care centres owing to the brain drain of medical professionals" (12). "[A]ccess to high-quality health-care services [is limited] for women belonging to disadvantaged groups who are not covered by health insurance, including women working in the informal sector, women engaged in unpaid domestic work, migrant women and those who are victims of gender-based violence, trafficking or forced marriage" (12). "[There is] limited access to health-care services, including maternal care services [against refugee and asylum-seeking women]" (14).