Product/Service Development

Most young people in Tajikistan have limited contraceptive options, and data shows that 23% of married 20–24-year-old women have an unmet need. This contributes to unintended pregnancies and STIs. Sexuality education is also very limited. To expand contraceptive choice and improve SRH outcomes, youth need information/education, improved health-seeking behaviours and access to care. 21 youth-friendly service centres and 89 SRH facilities already exist–utilization, however, is still a challenge.

Our innovation is a social innovation. It is a fusion of three models SASA! model, the men as partners (MAP) approach, and the social ecological model (SEM) in the project. The project seeks to bridge the gap on the practical aspects of an integrated approach where neither FGM nor intimate partner violence are addressed in isolation but as a holistic problem. The project emphasizes the role of men in addressing violence as allies rather than as a ‘women's' issue with sustained behavior change.

Sukhibhava seeks to make menstruation a non-issue. There are 300 million women and girls in India even today without either awareness or access to healthy menstrual practices. This has a direct negative impact on the health, education, economic power, gender roles, sexual health and reproductive rights of nearly one quarter of India's population. Lack of such basic information of their own bodies leads to these women losing their agency and exploitation of their own selves.

The psychological healing of women who experienced gender based violence have not been addressed adequately especially for the poorest women who don't have access to information and knowledge of any women's crisis centre. Since the impact of abuse is humongous, not for the women themselves, in form of mental health deterioration, but also for their children, in form of neglect and victimisation (1), these abused women's psychological healing is compulsory. This project address this problem

Our innovation addresses the myriad negative health and economic consequences of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). IPV is the most common form of violence against women worldwide (WHO; 2013). Women economically dependent upon a husband/male partner are significantly more likely than economically independent women to experience IPV (Bornstein, 2006; Dhungel, Dhungel, Dhital, & Stock, 2017).

The innovation shall seek to address high school dropout rates among girls, high rates of absenteeism among girls, and the attitudes, myths, misconceptions and stigma around Menstrual Hygiene Management. By targeting 20 schools in rural Malawi in Ntchisi and Dowa districts, the project shall help in keeping 1500 girls in school safely and practicing appropriate menstrual hygiene practices and openly discussing issues to do with menstruation with their communities.

Sanitary pads in Malawi are expensive. They are more expensive than the price of bread. Therefore, if you are growing up in a poor household, sanitary pads are a luxury your parents cannot afford and you may be forced to use rags, socks, or even a newspaper to stop menstrual flow from staining your clothes. Since most Malawians are poor and live below the poverty line, it means that the majority of young adolescent girls do not have access to sanitary pads and they sometimes miss school.

This innovation will eliminate unintended pregnancies and surgical+unsafe abortions in India. This will save lives, reduce unnecessary health expenditure & unwanted births. This will be achieved by addressing two root causes of unintended pregnancies. The first is lack of information about contraceptive choices among men and women, especially young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds. Second is lack of timely and affordable supply of contraceptives in disadvantaged areas.

Nearly 80% of Rwandans, and billions of people worldwide, live on dirt floors. Replacing a dirt floor with a clean one has been shown to reduce diarrheal disease by 49% and parasitic infections by 78%; clean floors also improve cognitive development in children and mental health in adults. EarthEnable provides an affordable alternative to dirt floors: locally sourced, earthen floors that are 75% cheaper than a concrete floor.

Every day 830 women die from preventable causes of pregnancy. In 2016, WHO emphasized on “positive pregnancy experience" with 8 prenatal contacts. CareNX is achieving this it with at doorstep mobile prenatal care platform. It enables community health-workers to perform tests , early identify high risk pregnancy, connect them with specialist and increases confidence in mothers for seeking care at right time. CareMother consists of CareMother Kit point of care testing devices connected with CareMother mobile application.