PROJECT SUMMARIES
- Bodily Autonomy & Integrity Project
The Bodily Autonomy and Integrity (BAI) is a project funded by AIDS and Rights Alliance in Southern Africa (ARASA) that focuses on realizing positive outcomes on bodily autonomy and integrity in 4 pillars of sexual health namely; Safe abortion, Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression, Universal Health Coverage and HIV prevention. The project is being implemented by 3 consortium members namely Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation, MANERELA+ and the Malawi SRHR Alliance.
Overall Goal: To advocate for improved access to Sexual Reproductive Health services and legal environment for all especially Key Populations in Malawi.
Expected Outcomes
Outcome 1: Community leaders with increased knowledge of existing HIV prevention needs and methods of KPs and work towards effecting an enabling environment.
Outcome 2: Improved access to services, social cultural and legal environment for key populations in Malawi.
Outcome 3. Improved commitment of ministry of health, education and finance on universal health coverage and financing.
Outcome 4: Increased awareness of the top bill and support towards passing of the bill into law by religious and community leaders and the members of parliament
2. Power to Youth Project
Malawi SRHR Alliance in partnership with 5 organizations namely; Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation (CHRR), Youth Wave, Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre (MHRRC), Amref Health Africa and Centre for Youth Empowerment and Civic Education (CYECE) is implementing a five-year programme called Power to You(th) programme (PtY). This is a multinational SRHR Programme supported by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) through Sonke Gender Justice and it will be implemented from 2021 to 2025. The project is being implemented in Dedza at T/A Tambala and Kasumbu and in Machinga at T/A Sale, T/A Mizinga and T/A Kapoloma.
Project Goal
to contribute to more adolescent girls and young women from underserved communities being meaningfully included in all decision-making processes regarding harmful practices, SGBV and unintended pregnancies in Dedza and Machinga districts respectively.
Expected Outcomes
- Young people demand accountability and responsiveness to harmful practices, SGBV and unintended pregnancies
- CSOs amplify young people’s voices to claim, protect and expand civic space
- Societal actors support and promote youth rights and progressive social norms
- State actors improve policy making, budgeting and implementation on harmful practices, SGBV and unwanted pregnancies
3. Youth Learning Games Pilot Study
Malawi SRHR alliance in partnership with SRHR Uganda are implementing Youth Learning Games-Maloza Pilot Study Project in Malawi and Uganda respectively being funded by UNAIDS. Youth Learning Games is a tool that use games to deliver quality age-appropriate Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights information to the diverse groups of adolescents and young people. In Malawi Maloza games is targeting young people living in slums from Lumbadzi in Lilongwe aged 18-24 and those living with HIV/AIDS aged 10-14 in Dowa. The project is also targeting LGBTQI+ young people aged 18-24 in Mangochi and young people in Dzaleka refugee camp aged 15-17.
Project Goal
- to increase access to quality age-appropriate sexual reproductive health and rights information by the diverse groups of adolescents and young people in Uganda and Malawi.
Objective
- Maloza games are adopted and contextualized as a tool for delivery of SRHR information to young people in all their diversities.