****Conduct a capacity strengthening workshop for partners to strengthen strategies & knowledge around stigma****
Stigma plays a critical role in the social, medical, and legal marginalization of abortion care. It shames and silences women seeking abortions and providers seeking to offer safe care and may negatively affect women’s emotional and mental health after an abortion. Stigma may affect a woman’s willingness to disclose her abortion intentions and/or experiences to partners, parents, friends, or health-care providers, endangering her health and future fertility. Providers may be unwilling to provide services because of pressure from colleagues and negative attitudes in the communities which they serve. In certain settings stigma may determine whether a woman seeks a safe versus unsafe abortion or life-saving medical care when suffering post abortion complications. Given the prevalence of abortion worldwide and the potential negative impact that stigma may have on women’s lives, it is imperative that Ipas improve understanding of abortion stigma.
4 groups from Busia and Kakamega counties have been identified through VCAT and will develop proposals, work-plans and budgets for implementing stigma interventions at the community level. With this background, they need to be trained on specific stigma aspects. The scope of the training will include:
- Facilitating the groups to apply SBCC principles to abortion stigma reduction
- Facilitating strategy development for abortion stigma reduction
- Preparing workshop materials for the training i.e. power-point presentations & printing handouts.
- Facilitate some sessions in collaboration with consultant
- Assist groups to finalize strategies and work plans for community implementation
Deliverables;
- Four groups trained on stigma aspects
- Implementation strategies finalized
- Work plans finalized
- Budgets finalized.
How to apply:
Applicants should submit a cover letter and CV to hrrecruit@ipas.org and copy marerec@ipas.org
