This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian programme managers and healthcare providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents.
This publications outlines the specific reproductive health needs of this cadre of adolescents and the programmatic responses that can be used to reach them.
Effective Strategies in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs for Young People synthesizes the strategies that proved to be "best practices". Each organization's project and evaluation results are discussed at length, along with key lessons and questions that emerged during the process of implementing, evaluating, and evaluating these programs. Strategic recommendations for organizations that work with youth are offered.
This manual is intended for programme managers and youth peer educators who are interested in adding a theatre component to their reproductive health and HIV prevention activities or in strengthening a theatre component that is already part of a programme.
L'Avenir Appartient á Celles Qui Se Lévent TôtFlipchart includes 12 themes addressing the specific health-related and socioeconomic concerns of rural girls, such as avoiding unwanted sexual activity, communicating with parents and spouses, responding to gender dynamics, and setting goals and working to achieve them. Each theme includes full-color illustrations, key talking points, and activities to guide discussions with rural girls and the decision makers in their lives.
This two-page fact sheet offers key facts related to reproductive health issues for adolescents, with particular emphasis on refugee settings. It also briefly describes a case study from Tanzania.
Flip chart addresses changes during puberty, STIs including HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, and unsafe abortion, as well as negotiating condom use, building healthy relationships, and communicating with parents. Contains 14 illustrations and text to guide one-on-one and group counseling sessions for adolescents.
The zip file linked above is over 10Mb in size. The document is also available for download in three sections: part 1, Appendixes 1 - 6, and Appendixes 7 - 9.
The following list is a collection of resources on adolescent reproductive health. Resources that specifically address refugee, internally displaced and other conflict-affected youth are identified by a red star. The dearth of red stars on the list serves as a clear indicator of the scarcity of publicly available information and resources on ARH programming in conflict settings. The remaining resources are targeted to development settings but still can be useful among conflict-affected populations.