Programme objective
Strengthen women’s participation, local leadership and collective action on locally identified women’s and reproductive health priorities.
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Women’s and reproductive health
Community Women’s Health and Reproductive Health
Women and community groups identify priority women’s and reproductive health needs and lead action to address barriers.
A framework for action shaped by local priorities
How we work together
BarnMD uses Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR). In practice, residents help identify local priorities, understand the causes, decide what matters most, organise local leadership, take action and review the results.
- 01Getting to know the community
- 02Understanding local needs
- 03Agreeing priorities together
- 04Building local leadership
- 05Planning and taking action
- 06Reviewing progress together
- 07Planning for the future
Examples of activities
- ✓Participatory women’s health needs assessment
- ✓Community-led identification of cervical screening and service-access barriers
- ✓Peer education and support designed with women
- ✓Community dialogue on reproductive health and responsible parenthood
- ✓Mapping of qualified services and referral pathways
- ✓Community advocacy and participatory evaluation
Participate in community-led change
Contact BarnMD to discuss local health priorities and how a community-led project could be planned. Activities are developed with residents and proceed after appropriate safety and operational reviews.