YES (Youth Empowerment for SRHR)

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Empowerment for SRHR (YES) is an initiative that is designed to address the unmet sexual and reproductive health needs of particular groups, such as the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community and women with disabilities. The project is supported by CORE Group. Through a youth-led initiative in the community and the use of various popular platforms, different interventions at the grass-roots and local government level will be prioritized through this project with the goal of ensuring judgment-free SRHR services to every individual with diverse backgrounds, with shared responsibility from the concerned stakeholder to make SRHR services accessible. 

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Nepal

Activity URL

https://visim.org/ourimpact/yes-youth-empowerment-for-srhr

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2023 - 2024

Partner(s)

CORE group

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Other

Participants include

  • LGBTQ+
  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Health and childcare services

  • Sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning)

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation

School-related gender-based violence

  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct

Social/gender norms change

  • Media campaigns

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

General Contact Information
Visible Impact
mail.visim@gmail.com
+9779847697791