Posted April 27, 2021 Impact Area Adolescents & Youth, COVID-19, Safe Abortion, Sexual & Reproductive Health
In January 2021, panelists from PSI Vietnam, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), YLabs, and Pathfinder International Pakistan explored how human-centered design can deliver solutions for reducing unplanned pregnancies.
From Vietnam to Pakistan, Nigeria to Tanzania – we’re seeing over and over that the best solutions for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programs come from the consumers themselves.
As panelists shared during the webinar, “Now More than Ever: How SRH Continues during COVID” human-centered approaches to health program design can deliver the insights that lead to impact, even now during COVID-19.
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PPAG finds ‘cure’ for teenage pregnancies in Bolgatanga
The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) says it has found what it considers a potent remedy for adolescent pregnancy and child marriage in Bolgatanga and it is implementing it in the Upper East regional capital.
The remedy supporting deprived girls to set up their own businesses was discovered as the PPAG interacted with some teenage girls at a session organised in the capital months ago. The meeting was part of a PPAG initiative dubbed “Child Marriage Project” and sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Subsequently, the PPAG organised a livelihood training that saw a number of adolescent girls as well as members of the Sisters’ Club, a local girls-only society established by the PPAG to reduce teenage pregnancy and child marriage rates, trained how to produce pastries as young entrepreneurs, market the products and fend for themselves with the proceeds realised.
Kayayes to undergo skills training in Tamale
Eleven selected kayayes will undergo skills training to create employment opportunities in their communities to improve their livelihood.
The beneficiaries are young girls who are working as kayayes in Accra and Kumasi to support their families.
At a durbar in Kakpagyili, a community in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern region, the beneficiaries were presented with equipment and materials needed to start their training.
They would also be asked to venture into their preferred enterprises, including soap making, weaving, and beads making.
The gesture forms part of Livelihood Empowerment for Migrant Returnees, a pilot project, under the Healthy Cities for Adolescents (HCA) Project, being implemented by the Regional Institute of Population Studies (RIPS) of the University of Ghana.