Agency for All Project

Infertility is often a deeply painful experience– one, that too often is made more painful by the way that other humans react to it. A heartfelt thank you to all of the brave women who shared their insights and experiences of infertility-related violence in Cameroon and Kenya. Your voice matters. This work matters*. We’re grateful to the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) conference for providing the opportunity to spotlight the stark need for change. Everyone deserves to live a life free of violence. *These findings were part of a qualitative study conducted in Cameroon and Kenya under the Agency for All Project, with support from the Bureau for Africa. #SVRIForum24 #SVRI

🌸 We are so happy to have many of our Agency for All Project consortium partners representing our important work at #SVRIForum24. It has been a great week of learning, connecting, and sharing about #agency and #violence. CC: USAID C3india EVIHDAF Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Makerere University Matchboxology Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd. Save the Children International Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)

🌸 If you are at #SVRIForum24, join us TOMORROW (10/24) as we present “Lessons From Adaptation of a Clinical Intervention to Address Reproductive Coercion and Violence Across five Countries." 🕓 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM 📍 Nerina/Protea More info: 👉 bit.ly/Agency-SVRI CC: International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego #InfluenceChange #ARCHES

"It’s so important when we convene that we PAUSE. We’re always running from one thing to the next - it’s really important we pause and hang out with ourselves, cultivate curiosity and learn something new. It helps us dislodge competition amongst us - that scarcity mindset - this idea that we need to fight to be visible, to be supported. Be a little open, I think it can take us one step further”- jac sm kee (Feminist Activist working at the intersection of Internet Technologies, Social Justice and Collective Power). This was a comment from the plenary opening of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Conference. Curiosity, Community, and Compassion - the anchors of the human experience - and the glue that holds us all together. This week is off to an incredibly powerful start. #SVRI #SVRIForum24 #EndViolence #ResearchforImpact #EndGBV

🌸 Attending #SVRIForum24? Join us TOMORROW (10/22) as we present “Exploring Normative Factors Driving Provider Behaviors: Formative Research on Respectful #MaternityCare to Design an Intervention.” 🕐 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 📍 CTICC II Ground Floor More info: 👉 bit.ly/Agency-SVRI #InfluenceChange CC: Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd., C3india, Makerere University, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, Matchboxology

📄 Thank you, USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health, for the mention of Agency for All Project in the commentary, "Family Planning, #ReproductiveHealth, and Progress Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: Reflections and Directions on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development." In this publication, members of the USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health and country missions reflect on recent influential shifts impacting #familyplanning (FP) and the growing evidence base on the importance of investing in FP. Read commentary 👉 https://lnkd.in/g7ft2Ug9 CC: USAID C3india EVIHDAF Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Makerere University Matchboxology Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd. Save the Children International Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego

🆕 Agency for All Project, led by Save the Children US and supported by EVIHDAF, held a workshop in Yaoundé yesterday focused on culturally relevant solutions to reduce #infertility-related #stigma in the community in #Cameroon. ➡️ The event gathered representatives from community organizations, health services in the Efoulan and Biyem districts, community health workers, and the Public Health Delegation of the Central Region. ➡️ This workshop engaged the community in proposing ideas for social and behavioral change (#SBC) interventions to address stigma surrounding infertility in #Cameroon. The recommendations will inform an upcoming national design workshop and the planning of a pilot intervention set for 2025. ......................................................................................... 🆕Agency for All, sous la direction de Save the Children et avec le soutien d'EVIHDAF, a organisé hier à Yaoundé un atelier destiné à recueillir des solutions culturellement adaptées pour informer une intervention visant à réduire la stigmatisation liée à l'infertilité dans les communautés du #Cameroun. ➡️L'activité a rassemblé des représentants d'organisations communautaires, des services de santé des districts d'Efoulan et de Biyem, ainsi que des agents de santé communautaire et la Délégation Régionale de la Santé Publique du Centre. ➡️Cet atelier a permis d'impliquer la communauté dans la génération d'idées et de solutions pour des interventions de changement social et comportemental (CSC) visant à lutter contre la #stigmatisation liée à l'#infertilité au Cameroun. Les recommandations formulées serviront à un atelier de conception national ultérieur et à la planification d'une intervention pilote prévue pour 2025. #evihdaf Cc: USAID Photo : Gabriel MBARGA, EVIHDAF

Join us this year at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)’s #SVRIForum24! We will be presenting Agency for All evidence alongside many of our consortium partners in the following sessions: 🔶 “Exploring Normative Factors Driving Provider Behaviors: Formative Research on Respectful #MaternityCare to Design an Intervention” 🔶 “Women’s Experience of #Infertility-Related Violence in #Cameroon and #Kenya” 🔶 “Reimagining a Gender Transformative Husbands’ School Program Through #HumanCenteredDesign to Increase Women’s Agency in #Niger” 🔶 “Adapting a Clinical Intervention to Address #ReproductiveCoercion and #Violence Across Five Countries” Our times and locations can be found here 👉 bit.ly/Agency-SVRI CC: USAID C3india EVIHDAF Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Makerere University Matchboxology Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd. Save the Children International Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego

We're at the USAID/West Africa Regional Health Office Implementing Partners Work Planning Meeting today and tomorrow in 🇹🇬 Lomé, #Togo 🇹🇬, coming together with other implementing partners to align our efforts to address the most pressing #health challenges in the region. We're happy to be sharing updates on our work with Partenariat de Ouagadougou on strengthening the capacity of local research institutions to accelerate the Ouagadougou Partnership agenda. Here's a ✨sneak peek✨ of our gallery walk poster. If you're in Lomé, come chat with Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego's Sarah Smith! 👉 More on this Agency for All activity: https://lnkd.in/eazUMYYr ___ CC: EVIHDAF, Makerere University, Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd., Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego

✨📰 Agency for All Consortium's first-ever peer-reviewed article is LIVE NOW!   Co-authored by Project Director Dr. Rebecka Lundgren and Dr. Francine Wood, this new publication focuses on how the USAID Kulawa activity in #Niger effectively used the #SocialNorms Exploration Tool (SNET) to inform social and behavior change #SBC programming around exclusive #breastfeeding.   Read the full article via Current Developments in Nutrition and American Society for Nutrition 👉 "Social Norms: A Missing Ingredient of Programs Seeking to Foster Women’s Agency in Nutrition": https://lnkd.in/gqsnrpb8   #agency #socialnorms #nutrition #MNCH #SRH   CC: Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, Save the Children US, USAID Advancing Nutrition/The Manoff Group, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University, Kate Dickin, Lisa Sherburne, MARIAM DIAKITE, ABDOULKADER Boubacar, Meghan Pollak