Health

COVID-19: 2021 Update

This summary report provides a snapshot of how Plan International Canada has been responding to both the immediate and indirect effects of COVID-19. The impacts of the pandemic are not gender neutral and without targeted and accelerated gender-responsive interventions, COVID-19 has the potential to disrupt decades of progress on gender equality.

Read the report to find out how we are supporting communities to build back better, particularly for women and girls.

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SRHR: Program Evidence for a Gender-Transformative Approach

With the support of Global Affairs Canada since 2011, Plan International Canada has improved key health outcomes for women and girls around the world.

This report focuses on data from a project called Strengthening Health Outcomes for Women and Children (SHOW) and how it is moving the needle on gender equality while making lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services and information more accessible to women and girls.

Responding to the needs of adolescents

Adolescence is not only the beginning of an individual’s sexual and reproductive life, but it is also a time when gendered roles and expectations related to adulthood intensify. Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for girls aged 15-19.

This report highlights how we are working to improve access of health services for adolescents, especially girls and making them more user-friendly in order to protect and improve their health and well-being.

The Power of Public Engagement #ChangetheBirthStory

Report description: Through our #ChangetheBirthStory public engagement campaign, people all around Canada were engaged and inspired to raise awareness about the importance of improving access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls around the world.

In this report you can learn more about how our #ChangetheBirthStory campaign, the impact of our engagement and what we learned through rallying people all around Canada to support and take pride in work that improved access to lifesaving health services while moving the needle on gender equality.

SHOW Midterm Evaluation Report

Report description: With the support of Global Affairs Canada since 2011, Plan International Canada has improved key health outcomes for women and girls around the world.

This report highlights midterm data results from a project called Strengthening Health Outcomes for Women and Children (SHOW) and how it is successfully moving the needle on gender equality while making lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services and information more accessible to women and girls.

Community Health Committees

Community Health Committees (CHCs) are made up of a collective of community members and health providers. Plan International Canada’s focus has been to strengthen these committees, including their make-up and leadership credentials, for a more gender responsive and adolescent friendly structure and process.

Role of Facilitation in Gender-Transformative Programs that engage men and boys

Skilled facilitators are essential to the success of gender-transformative programs. High-quality facilitation helps reach program objectives and initiate transformative change.

Findings in this report are drawn from several years of experience that Promundo and Plan International have in implementing gender-transformative programming.

Engaging Missing Populations in Gender-Transformative Programs

In implementing gender-transformative programs, interventions often focus on direct family members or immediate duty bearers – but this results in some populations going under-served or missing from programming.

Findings in this report are drawn from several years of experience that Promundo and Plan International have in implementing gender-transformative programming.

Recruitment and Retention of Male Participants in Gender-Transformative Programs

This report shares findings on how to effectively recruit and retain male participants in gender-transformative programs and the importance of male engagement as a tactic to improve health outcomes for women and girls.

Results in this report are drawn from several years of experience that Promundo and Plan International have in implementing gender-transformative programming.

Ensuring Pregnant Women & Adolescent Girls Reach Higher Levels of Care

Maternal, newborn and child, mortality is one of the greatest public health disparities of our time. A Plan International Canada project called Strengthening Health Outcomes for Women and Girls (SHOW) spans 5 countries; Ghana, Bangladesh, Senegal, Haiti and Nigeria.

This report highlights how the project is making notable strides in the implementation of gender responsive and adolescent friendly referral services at primary and secondary health care facilities.

State of the World’s Fathers: Unlocking the power of men’s care

This report is produced by Promundo, and is a globally recognized, biennial report and advocacy platform aiming to change power structures, policies, and social norms around care work and to advance gender equality.

The third State of the World’s Fathers report reveals new research on men’s caregiving from 11 countries, with additional cross-country analysis of data from over 30 countries. Plan International Canada was a proud contributor to this report with data from one of our health projects that spans 5 countries.