As expected, MPs have voted in favour of a Labour party and GroenLinks motion to remove the compulsory five day waiting period before women can have an abortion. The three Christian parties and Denk voted against the proposal.

‘This is a great step in strengthening women’s rights to make their own choices at their own speed and in their own way,’ said GroenLinks MP Corinne Ellemeet after the vote.

The wait currently applies to all women who are more than 16 days pregnant and want an abortion. It was included in the Dutch Termination of Pregnancy Act when the practice became legal in the early 1980s and has been controversial ever since. It is unclear what will now happen to the motion, given that the health minister Hugo de Jonge who has already said that he will not deal with any major ethical issue before the March general election.

The rate of abortions compared to live pregnancies in the Netherlands is one of the lowest in the world, that is, at 8.8 per 1000 in 2018. Most of the procedures involve women from 25 to 30 years old and are carried out before the seventh week of pregnancy. MPs also voted to put contraceptives, including the birth control pill, back in the basic health insurance package.

Source: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/02/mps-vote-to-scrap-pre-abortion-waiting-time-and-to-again-insure-contraception/

A research was conducted aiming to develop an in-depth, empirical evidences of the intersectionality of health consequences of child marriage and adolescent child-bearing among the Syrian refugee population living in Jordan. The Higher Population Council (HPC) and Share-Net Jordan (SN-JO) received a fund from the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) in Lebanon for this research. The study seeks to examine how child marriage is associated with conflict and displacement and increases the vulnerability of the refugee population.

As part of the preparation for this study, the first virtual roundtable discussion was held on March 17th, 2021 involving relevant partners providing sexual and reproductive health services. The aim of the discussion was to share information and experiences in relation to the study. Relevant practitioners and specialized partners namely psychiatric support providers, obstetricians and gynecologists who are working on early marriage or youth-related issues, contributed in the discussion by sharing information and experiences on the subject of the study.

Training was conducted for field workers, including interlocutors and the field coordinators, on 22nd and 23rd March 2021, with the purpose of identifying the methodology, sampling, explaining the instructions, guidelines and administrative procedures for conducting interviews and strategies for applying scientific research ethics.

Barrister Mahfuzur Rahman Milon, on behalf of the Justice Watch Foundation, filed a writ petition with the High Court in Bangladesh on January 19, 2021 seeking a ban on revealing the identities of rape and sexual harassment victims, no matter whether they are alive or deceased.

Designated bench of the high court also issued a rule seeking explanation from the authorities concerned why their inaction to stop revelation of photos and identities of the victims in the media should not be declared illegal as per section 14 of Women and Children Repression Act. The respondents, including the Information Secretary, had been asked to come up with a response within four weeks.

Even though section 14 of the Women and Children Prevention Act prohibits revealing the identities of victims, various news media were hardly abiding by the law, as claimed by Barrister Milon. This leads to social harassment and discomfort of the victims’ families.

Meanwhile, the Information secretary, Home secretary, BTRC chairman and the Press Council had been instructed to inform the court within 30 days in the form of an affidavit, about steps the taken to prevent the revelation of identities of victims of rape and sexual assault. As a result, on January 19, 2021 the writ petition mentioned above was filed with the High Court.

Source: Dhaka Tribune

Weblink: https://www.share-netbangladesh.org/hc-dont-reveal-identities-of-sexual-harassment-rape-victims/

As part of the commemoration of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the European Commission and Government of Norway, held a virtual Inter-Ministerial Dialogue event to End Gender Biased-sex Selection (GBSS) on March 12, 2021.

The dialogue was organized in consultation with the government of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Georgia, Nepal, and Vietnam. It had over 600 participants and viewers on both Zoom and YouTube.

In addition to the local media coverage at country levels, the dialogue was covered on social media using the hashtag #EndSonPreference, reaching over 154.7 million people on Chinese social media platforms alone.

In this dialogue, "10 Points Call to Action" was highlighted aiming at strengthening policy dialogue and advocacy efforts to end son preference and selection of gender-biased sex by 2030. UNFPA's Deputy Executive Director of Programme, Ms. Diene Keita delivered her keynote speech where she called on policy makers and Ministers to consider the full implementation of the '10 points actions' and its declaration. The declaration and action points can be found here.

ENGAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

Join the online conversation on ending gender-biased sex selection using #EndSonPreference. Find animated key messages about gender-biased sex selection here.

Breaking new ground for the transgender women in society, it is a matter of immense pleasure and pride to acknowledge that, one of the active members of Share-Net Bangladesh, Tashnuva Anan Shishir, already renowned as a talented model, actor and social worker, has been set to become the first-ever transgender woman to work as a news presenter.

Since March 8, 2021 marking the occasion of International Women’s Day, she has started presenting a regular news bulletin at the private satellite television channel Boishakhi Television.

Alongside Shishir, Boishakhi Television also appointed a transgender woman in the entertainment department, who will star in a drama named “Chapabaz” to be aired on the same day.

Tashnuva has recently earned her scholarships in two categories to pursue higher studies in the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme at the James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University, along with Ho Chi Minh Islam, another iconic transgender woman in the country.

Tasnuva came out as a trans-woman during her 20’s and started her solo journey with social work, dance and theatre. Previously she worked as the Case Management Officer in the Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP) from June 2020, worked as the project officer in Bandhu Social Welfare Society and also worked in other voluntary projects before for organisations including Sangat – A Feminist Network, Roopban, Oboyob, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), and as an executive officer for the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh, among other things.

Source: The Prothom Alo (English)

Weblink: https://www.share-netbangladesh.org/tashnuva-anan-shishir-set-to-be-first-transgender-news-presenter-in-bangladesh/

The 2021 small grants round of Share-Net International is still officially open! Take your opportunity and apply for a small grant of up to 10,000 euros!

The deadline to submit application is 6th of April 2021, 11 AM (GMT+2)

Small grants call 2021

The focus of the small grants of 2021 is steered towards innovation and piloting new approaches, translating existing knowledge into products and/or promoting its use to influence and improve SRHR practice and policy.

The objectives of the grant can be three-fold:

1. Investigate and test new and innovative approaches in SRHR and identify unheard perspectives (i.e. knowledge gaps in the linkages between SRHR and gender equality, youth and/or links with other SDGs).
2. Translation of research into products and materials that will be used to facilitate tangible change in policy or practice. This process can build on research done by our members in the field of SRHR.
3. Documenting actual changes in policy and practice, related to work done through earlier Share-Net International grants or work of Share-Net members, and how these have been implemented.

Eligibility

Only Share-Net members are eligible to apply for a small grant. Are you not a member of Share-Net International or one of the country hubs yet, but would you like to become a member? Please contact Charlotte van Tuijl at c.v.tuijl@kit.nl or check out the membership information on our website.

Check out the other eligibility criteria in the small grants call on our website clicking here.

Country-specific calls

Share-Net International operates in Bangladesh, Burundi, Jordan and the Netherlands through its national country hubs. The country hubs have each specified their additional focus areas.

Are you based in Bangladesh, Burundi, Jordan or the Netherlands? Then check out the country-specific calls below.

• Share-Net Bangladesh Small Grants Call 2021
• Share-Net Burundi Small Grants Call 2021
• Share-Net Jordan Small Grants Call 2021
• Share-Net Netherlands Small Grants Call 2021

Are you based outside of these countries? Then follow the guidelines in the general small grants call. (French version here)

For the submission of a small grant application, the provided application form should be used. The French version can be accessed here.

Extended deadline

The official deadline has been extended to the 6th of April 2021, 11 AM GMT+2, contrary to the earlier communicated 2nd of April 2021.

Contact details

For any queries regarding the small grants call, please contact Kimberley Meijers (k.meijers@kit.nl) and Maria Codina (m.codina@kit.nl).

The Co-Creation Conference arrived at its finishing line successfully! The five-day long conference was held from 25th to 28th January and 3rd February 2021 on its dynamic and innovative online platform.

The two Lead facilitators- Nina Pavlovska, Co- Creation, and Innovation Catalyst and Masuma Billah, Head of Research and Innovation, RedOrange Media and Communication (SRHR & Gender Expert) facilitated the conference and made it a very engaging experience for the participants with SRHR knowledge and expertise from around the world.

The first day, on 25th January 2021, there were over 70 participants from all over the world including Asia, Middle East, North and South America, Europe, and Africa. Arnob Chakrabarty, Project Director, Share-Net Bangladesh and Dorine Thomissen, Coordinator, Share-Net International welcomed the participants to the conference. The opening speech was delivered by the Guest of Honour H.E. Mr. Harry Verweij, Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Bangladesh.

On the following days, the participants worked in eight groups on eight different topics and co-created the knowledge products, which was the main purpose of this conference. Each of the groups was facilitated by a very energetic and enthusiastic group facilitator selected from different parts of the world which made the sessions very interactive for the participants to co-create.

After 4 days of continuous work by the participants, on the final day the 3rd of February 2021, the groups presented their proposals of knowledge products in an open session with follow up question and answer sessions from the panelists. A total of eleven creative, innovative knowledge products were produced by the groups. After a rigorous process of evaluation, seven proposals were awarded by the Share-net International under their small grant oppurtunities.

There were inspiring Power talks during the conference by five young people sharing each of their inspiring journeys with SRHR: Jean Paul Gentil Uwase from Burundi, Ana Aguilera from the United States, Lisa de Pagter from the Netherlands, Umme Habiba from Bangladesh and a young girl from Indonesia.

For more info on the Co-Creation Conference 2021: Click here

Weblink: https://www.share-netbangladesh.org/the-share-net-international-co-creation-conference-2021-ends-successfully/

With an aim to discuss the final document of the strategy and its approval, the members of the Steering Committee of Jordan’s National Strategy for Reproductive and Sexual Health (2020-2030) had their first meeting on February 22nd, 2021, with the participation of representatives of the relevant national partners.

The strategy was prepared by the Higher Population Council (HPC) in partnership with all concerned from governmental and non-governmental institutions and local and international civil society organizations concerned with reproductive health and gender issues. The strategy provides a framework of reference for various partners, through which institutional plans can be developed, adapted or incorporated into interventions to achieve the comprehensive availability of integrated reproductive and sexual health and sexual information services and information to contribute to the well-being of families in Jordan.

The strategy includes four themes as follows:

• The empowering environment,
• the service and information,
• the community, and
• the sustainability and governance.

The strategy will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, particularly the third goal of health and well-being, and to promote advocacy for increasing institutional, national and international resources allotted to financing operational plans for reproductive and sexual health issues.

The Partnership Grant is a new instrument (replacing the Strategic grant) of funding which responds to the needs expressed by grantees to extend the reach of AmplifyChange and strengthen solidarity and linkages between civil society groups working on the same subjects in the same region. This funding will better embed support and advocacy within local settings.

The purpose of Partnership grant funding is to support established organisations from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to build and strengthen civil society movements advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

Partnership grants help strengthen the capacity of a growing constellation of organisations in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to become dynamic regional and global leaders in advocating for SRHR to support more sustainable and resilient local responses. This will encompass the facility to on-grant to smaller local groups to foster their capacity.

Partnership grant funding will enable organisations to provide grants and organisational support, to smaller grassroots civil society organisations within their movement advocating for SRHR. Partnership grantees can also provide knowledge for advocacy support to smaller grassroots civil society organisations by enhancing the recognition, connections and contributions to the SRHR evidence-base by southern civil society organisations.

Partnership grants will initially be between £200,000 to £1,500,000 for up to 3 years (with the potential to extend the grants up to 5 years – and up to £2,500,000 – depending on grant performance and the availability of AmplifyChange funding). The minimum time period Partnership grant applicants can apply for is 2 years.

Please see here for the specific eligibility criteria.

Applications will open on April 15th and close on May 6th 2021.

For more information: https://amplifychange.org/grant_type/partnership/

The Einstein Forum and the Daimler and Benz Foundation are offering a fellowship for outstanding young thinkers who wish to pursue a project in a different field from that of their previous research.

About the Award: The purpose of the fellowship is to support those who, in addition to producing superb work in their area of specialization, are also open to other, interdisciplinary approaches – following the example set by Albert Einstein.

Application Deadline: 15th May, 2021

Eligible Countries: All

To be taken at (country): Germany

Type: Fellowship

For more details, click here

In their debate series on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Psychologues Sans Vacances (PSV) in Burundi organizes another interesting debate on marriage on the 6th of April 2021.

Marriage is one of the most important decisions in a person's life that should not be taken lightly. The image of marriage can be distorted by many stereotypes. Everyone has a more or less preconceived idea on marriage based on the education we received, the culture we grew up in, and the values we received.

When people get married, they don't think about divorce. Divorce is often due to the inability of both spouses to learn to function together as a team in an intimate relationship.

We recognize the importance of preparation in all sorts of areas, but fail to recognize this need when it comes to marriage. Questions arise, what is marriage? Why, when, with whom to marry? Why does marital violence exist? Should we get married when we love each other or is loving each other enough to establish a couple? All these questions will be addressed during the debate.

The conference is organized for singles, unmarried couples and married couples and will be held in French.

To participate in the session, please complete this form.

To find out whether you, your team or your organisation is practicing gender equality in the workplace or not and provide solutions to implement it, an Android mobile app ‘GPower’ was developed and launched with the initiative of Share-Net Bangladesh. Based on the Harvard Analytical Framework, this app can be used as a tool to conduct a gender analysis based on questions and guidelines outlined within itself. This app will support organisations, corporations to assess their status from the gender perspective.

In other words, the app will tell the organisations whether they are practicing gender equality or not. And if not, what needs to be done to achieve gender equality in their organisations.

The app is a convenient and easily accessible tool which will require no additional funds for the users, plus it can provide a launching off point for a much broader gender analysis of their projects. The data are presented in the form of understandable charts and scales allowing for the user to have a proper understanding of the gender context of their projects or organisations.

A Gender analysis through GPower app could be undertaken at any moment during a project intervention but preferable during the formulation of the project proposal. It could investigate the position of women and men in the project, the gender capacity of the implementing institutions, assess the participation of women and men, the effects of the interventions on men and women and so on. The Gender analysis could be done partly as well, for example it could analyse the gender capacity of the implementing institutions.

The benefits will multiply greatly for those working specifically on gender focused projects, even more so, on those who intend to begin such projects soon as the tool will allow them to have a primary form of evaluation/assessment for the entirety of the project’s core objectives.

The app could be used by an individual, for example a gender consultant or a project coordinator, and a team, for instance a project implementation team.

GPower was launched on December 6th, 2021 at the Knowledge Fair 2020, an annual event organized by Share-Net Bangladesh.

You can download the app from Google Play Store via this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.red.orange.genderanalysis

Weblink: https://www.share-netbangladesh.org/gpower-an-app-for-gender-analysis-at-your-workplace/

From January 25th to 28th and February 3rd, 2021, the Share Net International Co-Creation Conference (CCC) was held. This year's CCC focused on SRHR for Adolescents and Youth.

In preparation for the SNI Co-Conference, the Community of Practice on Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health (AYSRH) in Burundi presented the state of knowledge and evidence around the theme of "SRHR for Adolescents and Youth" in a working paper entitled "SRHR Providers in Burundi and their Recommendations. This paper resulted in, among other things, a mapping of SRHR providers and their recommendations.

This report was prepared by the Share-Net National AYSRH Community of Practice in Burundi.

Re-visit all Share-Net Netherlands knowledge activities from 2020!

Download the 2020 review here, including links to all Share-Net Netherlands

• webinar reports and recordings,
• finalised knowledge products, and
• posts around International SRHR days.

A note of gratitude

At the Share-Net Netherlands secretariat, we are grateful, every day, for the hard work and commitment of our members and partners. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, we have been given an opportunity to reflect on all the work that we have done and how we can continue, perhaps even better, adapting ourselves to the new reality. We see, with pride, how much the Share-Net Netherlands community has continued to come together as a family. We are looking forward to the coming year, which we hope will be full of solidarity and strength; co-creation and creativity; self-care and rest. We are eternally grateful for everyone who adapted to what 2020 threw at us and are astonished by how much we still managed to achieve! The impact of our joint efforts never fails to amaze us and continues to remind us that we can, and need to, make a difference in the fight to improve SRHR for everyone.

With the initiative and support of Share-Net Bangladesh, two highly professional and accomplished researchers Dr. Sanzida Akhter and Md. Abu Naser have conducted the research on “Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse in Bangladesh: A research roadmap for the way forward”. Read the summary of the research below.

Summary of research:

Intrafamilial sexual abuse (ISA) is one of the most pervasive, yet under-reported, forms of sexual abuse in Bangladesh. Recent statistics show harrowing pictures of child sexual abuse in Bangladesh, where every day, more and more children, both male and female, are facing sexual abuse both in the household and outside.

Most of the time, the abusers are found to be somehow related to the children. Traumatic experiences of ISA and exploitation have long-lasting, in cases, life-long impact on the survivors, and can cause intense feelings of shock, rage, confusion, denial, chronic trauma, disbelief, and even guilt and shame. In cultures like the prevailing one in Bangladesh, that place a high value on female virginity, a girl who has been sexually abused may feel that she has been disgraced and is now “damaged good” whom no one would want to marry.

A review of 217 studies found that 1 in 8 of the world’s children (12.7%) have been sexually abused before reaching the age of 18 (Stoltenborgh et al, 2011). At least 986 child rape incidents were reported in 2020, more than twice the number recording in 2018 (444) and 2017 (470). The number was much lower in 2016 (280) (The Dhaka Tribune, 2020).

Despite the menacing threat child sexual abuse poses to the millions of children and adolescents in Bangladesh, the laws for protecting children are not yet fully implemented or standardized. On top of all, there is a huge data gap pertaining to ISA committed against children in Bangladesh. However, available information points to a spike in sexual violation of children within the family environment.

This study explores the prevalence of and factors associated with the incidences of intrafamilial sexual abuse that has happened to children and adolescents in Bangladesh based on the perceptions of a broad range of actors, including adolescents and youth, counselors, educators, law-enforcers, parents, activists and civil society representatives. A qualitative approach in the collection and analysis of data.

It was revealed that intrafamilial child sexual abuse in Bangladesh is associated with a set of very subtle structural factors, which put children at risk of abuse, prevent children, families, and communities from reporting, while limiting the accessibility of laws, policies and services in regard for survivors and their families. There are ‘conflicts’ between normative/legal and traditional socio-cultural value systems in Bangladesh in that there is no comprehensive understanding of the underlying fundamental issues driving this phenomenon.

In order to make Bangladesh a safe and secured society for children, policy and programmatic responses firstly need to recognize this grave concern, and devise elaborate actions to resolve these issues. As a basic first step, a comprehensive national prevalence study on the prevalence, dynamics and the underlying factors associated with ISA is needed. Further in-depth research of the socio-cultural determinants of intrafamilial sexual abuse is also deemed absolutely necessary in the study, followed by inclusive and effective policy and programmatic measures to fight off ISA.

Authors:

Dr. Sanzida Akhter

Chairperson and Associate Professor, Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Dhaka. She has over 20 years of experience in teaching and research and is also an Australian Leadership Awards Scholar

Md Abu Naser

Young researcher and development professional with a proven track-record with the UN system, specializing in gender, population and development related research, strategic planning and communications

Download the full report clicking the link below:

Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse in Bangladesh: A research roadmap for the way forward

The Guttmacher Institute has published regional and subregional fact sheets on their Adding It Up study on ‘Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health’.

The fact sheets show the need for, impact of and cost of fully investing in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care—services that together ensure people can decide whether and when to have children, experience safe pregnancy and delivery, have healthy newborns, and have a safe and satisfying sexual life.

The Fact Sheets cover the following in the regions and sub-regions:

• Unmet needs for services
• Cost of meeting all service needs
• Impacts of expanding and improving services
• Investing for the future

New regional and subregional data reveal that meeting the SRH needs of women and adolescents is attainable and possible to implement in diverse settings around the world. Investment in fully meeting women’s needs for SRH services would provide national and local governments, the private sector and international development partners with good value for their money.

Check out these Adding It Up regional and subregional fact sheets to learn more:

Africa: Eastern | Middle | Northern | Southern | Western

Asia: Central | Eastern | Southeast | Southern | Western

Latin America & Caribbean: Caribbean | Central America | South America

If you want to read the full report, click here.

In Bangladesh, a large population of children are living their childhood in the streets that is harshly different from an ideal environment for their age. In some cases, groups of children who are orphaned, abandoned, or socially excluded, are compelled to live in the streets or the slums of the city. Among these unprivileged children, the female street children are the most endangered group who pass over their adolescent age and grow up in the street.

The broad objective of the research aims to uncover knowledge and practices regarding menstruation and the forms of sexual exploitation being a female street worker. The core hypothesis of this study is to uncover the degree of vulnerability to health conditions regarding Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) and to the context of sexual exploitation from the perspectives of female street adolescents.

SDG 6.2 acknowledges “The right to menstrual health and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations”. Being on the street the female street children are at high risk of being sexually and physically harassed and abused. This study would make this portion of the population visible to the respective institutions, groups, policymakers, development partners for assistance regarding these issues to improve their sexual and reproductive health.

The study reveals that menstruation is an unfamiliar concept among the participants until they face it and points out the common belief, misconceptions, and restrictions around this subject. Sanitary products are not affordable for the street children, nor do they have the knowledge and facilities to practice proper hygiene methods.

This research would enlighten the concerned stakeholders, policymakers to give special attention to this specific group in our society.

Download Research paper- Adolescent Trouble: A Qualitative Study on MHM and Forms of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse among the Street Children in Dhaka City.

Weblink: https://www.share-netbangladesh.org/research-paper-adolescent-trouble-a-qualitative-study-on-mhm-and-forms-of-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-among-the-street-children-in-dhaka-city/

All reports of the Yes I Do programme, a programme aiming to reduce child marriage, teenage pregnancies and female genital mutilation/cutting are now available!

The Yes I Do programme, a collaboration between Dutch development organisations and local partners has been implemented from 2016 – 2020 in Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi.

KIT Royal Tropical Institute, as the knowledge partner in this collaboration, has written a wealth of 36 reports on and related to the programme. Next to the endline studies showing the outcomes of the programme and change in the different countries, operational studies have been performed on relevant topics.

Check out the reports and read about:

• Perspectives of young people and health workers on sexual and reproductive health and its services in Bahir Dar, Amhara region, Ethiopia
• Obtaining insight into the key factors influencing young people’s use of modern contraceptive in Nampula Province, Northern Mozambique
• Causes and consequences of divorce after child marriage in Sukabumi, Rembang and West Lombok regencies
• And many more.

All reports can accessed via https://www.kit.nl/project/yes-i-do/

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) is focusing on standards of Adolescent Friendly Health Services (AFHS) to improve the quality of health services and strengthen the monitoring and evaluation for AFHS by accreditation system.

Accreditation is a prerequisite to ensure quality Adolescent Friendly Health Services (AFHS) through all health facilities at different levels, both government and non-government including private organisations. The accreditation process will ensure the quality as well as user-friendliness of the services delivered to adolescents including the directions and guidelines to all health service providers related to Adolescent Friendly Health Services.

To ensure an appropriate environment for the adolescent’s health and wellbeing and improved quality of the services, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) is following the Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescent (AA-HA!) for the national adolescent’s health programming.

The National Accreditation Guideline for Adolescent Friendly Health Services (AFHS) will provide directions and guidelines for policy makers, services providers, INGOs, NGOs and private sector organizations towards their roles and responsibilities in the provision of quality Adolescent Friendly Health Services. The implementation of this National Accreditation Guideline for Adolescent Friendly Health Services (AFHS) welcomes collaboration with all stakeholders in mobilizing the necessary resources and improving access to and utilization of quality Adolescent Friendly Health Services for health and wellbeing of adolescents and youth in Bangladesh.

This guideline will help to operationalize the quality standards within AFHS and also within the health system by program managers, service providers, supervisors and policy/decision makers which will furtherbenefit the adolescents of Bangladesh. It illustrates the accreditation of Adolescent Friendly Health Services, adapting from the recent WHO global AFHS standards.

This accreditation guideline is also being useful for the government’s operation plan to adopt adolescent’s responsive services and ensure the active participation of adolescents.

Download and read the complete PDF here: National Accreditation Guideline for Adolescent Friendly Health Service

Weblink: https://www.share-netbangladesh.org/mohfws-national-accreditation-guideline-for-adolescent-friendly-health-service/