UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
$8,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Belize
- Fiscal year
- 2024-2025
- Agreement period
- February 14, 2025 – December 31, 2029
- Project status
- Implementation
- Reference
- CA-3-P014358001
Published purpose
This project aims to lower rates of adolescent pregnancy and allow girls and young women in Belize and Suriname to realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights. It seeks to positively impact adolescents and young people across both countries, focusing on indigenous and tribal adolescent girls and young women in select regions of Belize and Suriname. Project activities include: (1) making clinics more adolescent-friendly and culturally appropriate; (2) increasing access to contraceptives; (3) implementing an out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education curriculum to reach indigenous and tribal adolescents in their communities; (4) creating and using culturally appropriate educational materials; and (5) gathering and using data to help policymakers make informed decisions about advancing adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly for indigenous and tribal groups.
In plain English AI-generated
This project aims to reduce adolescent pregnancy and improve sexual and reproductive health and rights for girls and young women, particularly indigenous and tribal groups, in Belize and Suriname through clinic improvements, contraceptive access, education, and data use.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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