Abstracts Archive

Background: Plan International uses women and girl's empowerment index (WGEI) in measuring the realization of sexual reproductive health and rights of women and girls including access to/ decision making around FP for adolescent girls 15-19 & young women 20-24. GAC supported ASPIRE project collected...

BackgroundGlobally there are over 7.9 billion persons of which 16.7% are Adolescents and Young People (AYP), 90% of whom live in low-developing countries, with 40% from Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest pregnancy rate (218 per 1,000 women), lowest rate of contraceptive use and about 33 abor...

Background LGBTQi+ adolescents and young persons experience inequitable health service provision for contraception in public health facilities due to their gender, age, biological sexuality and sexual orientation, and the discriminatory behaviors and attitude of the community and of healthcare p...