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This project will contribute to addressing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV)-related morbidity and mortality among migrants residing in Morocco, particularly among women and girls.

This project will identify the causes and impact of unwanted pregnancies in Morocco in vulnerable girls and women.

A growing body of research shows that gender-transformative approaches can contribute to sustained improvements to sexual, reproductive and maternal health outcomes.

This project aims to improve health and well-being and address inequality through a series of tangible activities ensuring the implementation of the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), using the convening capacity of multi-sectoral think tanks and regional consortia focused on cross-cutting solutions.

This project will address a regional gap in the response to epidemics in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by developing a dynamic platform for interaction with interoperable analytical tools that will strengthen the understanding and prediction of infectious-disease epidemics, assess the impact of interventions and inform the public-health response.

Despite the sustained efforts of the State of Niger and its development partners, maternal health remains precarious in Niger.

South Africa is facing a complex set of historic and current inequalities straddling race, class, gender, geography, disabilities and sexual orientation.

The partnership for evidence and equity in responsive social systems (PEERSS) aims to advance evidence-informed policymaking, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), to address social challenges, with a focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Despite progress made by Vietnam on improving access to sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, vast inequalities exist between ethnic minority populations and the majority Kinh population.

In lower-income countries, indicators for sexual, reproductive, and maternal health are lagging relative to other health indicators.

Young people in Nigeria face multiple barriers when accessing quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services.

The largest cohort of youth in history is entering the stage of adolescence characterized by rapid physical, cognitive, and social development.

In response to the need for intersectoral approaches to address global challenges faced by health and food systems, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has requested IDRC’s partnership on a new program, the ACIAR-IDRC Research Program on One Health (AIRPOH).

Across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls from the poorest socioeconomic strata are vulnerable to early unintended pregnancy, child and forced marriage, female genital mutilation, gender-based violence, and related negative health outcomes.

Adolescence is a period defined by rapid physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and sexual development.

Civil registration (of such events as births, deaths, and marriages) provides legal identity to individuals, enabling them to fulfill their rights and obligations, and access a whole array of benefits.

This project seeks to contribute to the amplification of the results and impact of the “Better sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescent girls in Senegal – ADOS” program, through support to five youth organizations working to improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls on a national level in Senegal.

In 2018, it was estimated that 29% of young women married before the age of 18 in Senegal.

Violence against children and adolescents is becoming more and more important in Senegal, in its magnitude and frequency, with multiple consequences on their physical, reproductive, and mental health.

This project, known as the "Multisectoral and Transformative Approaches to Rites and Initiations for Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Adolescent Girls", is an innovative response to promote gender equality and protect young girls from early pregnancy in Togo.

In Senegal, the situation of adolescent girls remains mixed.

Despite the existence of a legal and institutional arsenal to repress and protect adolescent girls in Senegal, gender-based violence remains high.

In Senegal, issues of gender-based violence and adolescent reproductive health remain major public health and human rights issues.

Better Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Adolescent Girls in Senegal (ADOS), co-funded by IDRC and Global Affairs Canada, seeks to generate Senegal-specific insights.

Building on their existing commitments to advance the timely and effective use of evidence in policy and decision-making, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and IDRC have jointly increased their support to the Rapid and Responsive Evidence Partnership of teams in low- and middle-income countries.