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  • «Rien pour nous, sans nous»

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    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 […]

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  • “Nothing for them, without them”

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    The Break Free! programme aims to equip adolescents and youth to exercise their right to live free from teenage pregnancy and child marriage, supported by civil society. Strengthening youth advocacy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues forms an important component of young people being able to claim their rights, yet limited evidence […]

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  • Break Free! Exploring intergenerational divides around sexual and reproductive health and rights

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    The Break Free! (BF!) Programme aims to strengthen young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and promote gender equality in nine African countries and is funded by and implemented in partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Strengthening Civil Society for SRHR partnership fund for the period from January 2021 […]

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  • Break Free! Climate change, youth, and SRHR: Intersections with gender equality and education, and pathways to resilience

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    The Break Free! (BF!) programme is dedicated to strengthening the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescents and young people aged 10–24, while also promoting gender equality and ensuring access to quality education Building on insights from regional learning sessions held in 2024, the programme identified an urgent need to better understand the […]

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  • Break Free!

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    This review highlights the urgent need to address the intersecting impacts of climate change on adolescents and young people in Southern Africa—particularly in relation to SRHR, gender equality, and education. Climate change exacerbates existing structural inequalities, disproportionately affecting marginalised groups such as girls, LGBTQI+ youth, young people with disabilities, and those living in poverty or […]

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  • Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the Netherlands’Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV/AIDS program in Southern Africa

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    The Embassy of the Netherlands in Mozambique commissioned KIT Institute to review progress of the regional SRHR/HIV Programme in Southern Africa. The second phase of this Regional Programme (2021–2026 with a budget of 89 million Euro) focuses on improving the quality of life for young people aged 10–29, particularly those in vulnerable situations. The Mid […]

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  • Desk review: what are social norms and how to effectively set up social norm change interventions in SRHR programmes

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    This Break Free! brief aims to provide an easy-to-read description of lessons learnt in implementing social norms change interventions in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), particularly around preventing child marriage and teenage pregnancy. The brief was developed based on an extensive document review. The recommendations section was informed by three virtual working sessions […]

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  • Professional societies of obstetrics and gynecology as agents of change in sexual and reproductive health

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    In 2019, FIGO started implementing its abortion project focusing on advocacy. The Advocacy for Safe Abortion (ASA) Project was conducted in partnership with 10 national professional societies of obstetrics and gynecology in Latin America and Africa. The project aimed to strengthen national societies, support them to be leaders in sexual and reproductive health, and enable […]

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  • Young people’s perspectives on school-based sexuality education

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    KIT Institute is conducting a study, commissioned by UNESCO, on young people’s perspectives on school-based education for health and well-being, including sexuality education. Sexuality education has major positive health and social outcomes for adolescents and young people. Yet, research that focuses on their experiences with such education remains limited. KIT Institute is partnering with young […]

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  • The role of health care providers in expanding the legal grounds for safe abortion: insights from Argentina, Ireland and South Korea

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    Abortion laws and regulations are key in creating an enabling environment that facilitates the advancement of people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and well-being. Notwithstanding the recent retrogressions on abortion laws in various parts of the world, legal frameworks regulating access to safe abortion have been progressively liberalised around the world over the last […]

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  • Break Free ! Les jeunes défendent leur santé et leurs droits sexuels et reproductifs

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    La santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs (SDSR) sont essentiels au développement sain des jeunes, mais beaucoup d’entre eux doivent trouver leur chemin avec des informations inexactes, un accès limité aux services de santé et des normes sexospécifiques néfastes qui empêchent les filles d’avoir leur mot à dire dans les décisions qui les concernent. […]

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  • Break Free! – Young people advocate for their sexual and reproductive health and rights

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    Youth-led advocacy: motivated, but under-resourced Young people across programme countries view themselves as central stakeholders in SRHR and are strongly motivated to drive change. Yet youth-led advocacy is consistently constrained by limited flexible funding, tokenistic inclusion in decision-making, and dependence on NGO structures that can restrict autonomous agenda-setting. Longitudinal follow-up over two years showed real […]

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