Problem Analysis: After two decades of war and ethnic conflict, Afghanistan now has an elected government. Much needed policies are being drawn out to mainstream rights, and adopt measures to ensure the physical and mental well-being of the family, especially of mothers and children. With the international community eager to support this socio-economic reconstruction process. It is critical to advocate at the international, national, regional and grassroots levels for issues related to reproductive health and rights (RHR). However, lack of data required for evidence-based advocacy, large mass media-shadow areas, and deeply ingrained gender stereotypes are proving to be major obstacles. In order to roll out effective advocacy initiates, it is important to fist build the necessary skills, data banks and alternate media networks.
Strategic Direction: AFGA will promote reproductive health and rights, specifically for young people through involving policy makers, media and influential people in the community.
Goal: To increase programmatic and financial commitment for reproductive health and rights initiatives in Afghanistan.
Objectives: Objective 1
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To advocate with government, non-government agencies and opinion leaders for promotion of
reproductive health and rights.
Activities:
Outcomes and Indicators:
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- Established strategic partnerships between AFGA and policy makers, media personnel, government and civil society organisations to make reproductive health interventions in Afghanistan more focused, comprehensive, sustainable, rights-based and gender sensitive
- Enhanced capacity for AFGA to advocate forreproductive health and righrs, with the strength of strategic partnerships, evidence based advocacy, and clealry accepted role in the development sector.
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- Number of partnerships formalized with organisations that play a strategic role in mainstreaming rights-based and gender-sensitive reproductive health into the country's development agenda
- An MoU with an established organisation, agency or network that provides access to a klarge sphere of influence ideal for disseminating information and/or advocating at the grassroots level
- Number of media stories on various issues ad activities related to reproductive health and rights in Afghanistan
- Number of documents of other development sector organisations quoting information and data from the baseline rport distributed by AFGA
- Increased policy and budgetaty commitment to reproductive health at the national level
- Number of IEC/BCC materials developed on reproductive health and rights.
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