Maria Codina
- Department
- Global Health
- Title
- Advisor
- Phone
- +31205688476
- M.Codina@kit.nl
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Maria is an advisor on gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) committed to contributing to the advancement of SRHR, gender equality and women’s rights.
Her expertise lies at the intersection of gender and health, with her background in gender studies allowing her to approach global health with a strong intersectional, feminist and sociological perspective.
Maria’s main areas of expertise include gender, youth and adolescent sexuality knowledge management and qualitative research. Other topics of her interest include menstrual health and infertility and youth empowerment. She joined KIT Royal Tropical Institute as part of the SRHR team in 2017 working as Share-Net International and Netherlands project officer. Currently, she is a knowledge management expert and county coordinator of the country hubs in francophone Africa and Latin America for Share-Net International. Maria combines her work at Share-Net International with her work as SRHR advisor in projects such as Yes I Do.
Maria is also a member of the ‘YouAct European Youth Network’ on SRHR (2019 – Present)
Projects
Publications
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Sustaining youth-participatory advocacy on sexual and reproductive health and rights: longitudinal case studies from Malawi and Niger
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Research article
Youth are increasingly visible as advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), yet barriers to meaningful participation remain high and the sustainability of youth advocacy is understudied. This study examines how youth advocates in the Break Free! programme in Malawi and Niger experience and navigate the individual, relational, and institutional conditions that shape […]
- Year of publication
- August 2026
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«Rien pour nous, sans nous»
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Report
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Study
Le programme Break Free! vise à donner aux adolescents et aux jeunes les moyens d’exercer leur droit à vivre sans grossesses précoces ni mariages d’enfants, avec le soutien de la société civile. Le renforcement du plaidoyer des jeunes sur les questions de santé sexuelle et reproductive constitue un élément important pour que les jeunes puissent […]
- Year of publication
- October 2025
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Youth advocacy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Mozambique
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Report
The active participation of young individuals in the development and execution of programs and policies directed towards youth, particularly in matters of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), is key for the effectiveness of such initiatives. Meaningful involvement of youth in advocacy entails their engagement across all stages of advocacy, encompassing issue selection, strategy […]
- Year of publication
- 2024
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Entering civic space: youth experiences in sexual and reproductive health and rights advocacy in Ethiopia, Mali and Mozambique
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Research article
Young people are increasingly involved in advocacy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), but research documenting their experiences remains limited. This article explores how young people advocate for SRHR in Ethiopia, Mali and Mozambique, what motivates them, what barriers they face, and how they overcome them. Building on in-depth interviews and focus group […]
- Year of publication
- October 2024
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“Nowadays girls already decide for themselves, girls have information of what is good and bad”
Gaining insight into (changes in) the magnitude, causes and consequences of child marriage and teenage pregnancy in Nampula, Mozambique This report contains the end-line study conducted in the three districts in Northern Mozambique where the YES I DO programme has been implemented. The report draws on literature about child marriage and teenage pregnancy in Mozambique, […]
