A collaborative project by The YP Foundation and the Guttmacher Institute to capacitate young people to conduct evidence-based advocacy to advance their sexual and reproductive health rights.

The YP Foundation with the support of the Guttmacher Institute and through the use of the Adding It Up research capacitated young people to conduct evidence-based advocacy to advance their Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights. The project involved equipping young people through virtual capacity-building sessions with advocacy skills and knowledge about the SRHR policy landscape in the country and enabling them to utilise information and data on the status of contraceptive and abortion care and policy to lead advocacy initiatives in their regions. Once trained, they led and facilitated six multi-stakeholder engagements in their states and engaged with over 300 stakeholders who are central to the adolescent SRHR ecosystem towards ascertaining insights that complement existing evidence. A national dialogue culminating these efforts served to utilize the available evidence to raise stronger civic voices towards government accountability on Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (AYSRHR) needs and demands.

Adding It Up: Investing in the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in India
Adding It Up: Investing in the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in India

The Adding It Up project estimates the need for, impact of and costs associated with increased investment in essential sexual and reproductive health services, including contraceptive care, maternal and newborn health care, and abortion-related care. These estimates demonstrate the immense potential benefits of investments to ensure that young women can decide whether and when to have children and can experience safe pregnancy and delivery. The estimates presented here pertain to adolescent women aged 15–19 in India in 2019.

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Contraception Advocacy Toolkit
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This toolkit attempts to help young people advocate with the government to build its contraceptive policies and programmes around inclusion, self-determination, and the right to bodily autonomy of young persons.

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State Reports on Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
State Reports

To understand the context of adolescent sexual and reproductive health situation, literature on the issue was reviewed, along with drawing impressions about Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) situation based on the national level data like National Family Health Survey (NFHS) and a multi-stakeholder online consultation meeting was conducted. The online consultation was organised by The YP Foundation in collaboration with the Guttmacher Institute.

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