CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development

Published purpose

This project aims to provide a structuring and transformative response to the challenges related to sexual and reproductive health and rights experienced by Indigenous women and adolescent girls in Bolivia, Peru and Guatemala, as a result of their gender and ethnicity. Project activities include: (1) increasing the adoption, by and for Indigenous women and adolescent girls and their communities, of innovative and culturally relevant solutions to directly impact the health inequalities they experience; (2) improving the provision of intercultural health services and comprehensive sexuality education programs by integrating ancestral practices and knowledge. This involves building the capacity of healthcare providers, including midwives and traditional healers, so that they can offer coordinated and complementary quality healthcare services; and (3) addressing violations of the rights of Indigenous women and adolescent girls by engaging duty-bearers, including men and adolescents, to strengthen the promotion and protection of sexual and reproductive rights through partnerships with civil society organizations.