The project aims to empower women and girls in six disadvantaged and conflict-affected regions of the Philippines by (i) improving their knowledge and awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR); (ii) strengthening the capacities and skills of health service providers (HSPs) and health practitioners within the health system to deliver rights-based, comprehensive SRHR information. [...] As a result, three organizations prepared and submitted research proposals on SRHR and GBV as part of the UPCWGS Feminist Research 101 seminar-workshop and one received funds to apply feminist principles to the research instruments and data collection tools used to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in selected barangays in the provinces of Albay and Sorsogon. [...] However, the project has adapted well to the challenges imposed by the pandemic by promoting the use of virtual platforms, increasing the number of training sessions, reducing the number of participants per session, encouraging the adaptation of activities to remote settings, and hiring local consultants. [...] For instance, joint planning sessions and coordination mechanisms between Jhpiego and the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP) have proved helpful for the successful delivery of project activities by encouraging complementarity, reducing duplication of efforts, and enriching the quality of the activities offered. [...] Further, through technical, logistic, and financial support to health facilities, the project helped enhance adolescents’ access to and use of SRH services in health facilities by supporting the development of enabling environments that prioritize confidentiality and the provision not only of services and commodities, but also of age-appropriate, comprehensive, and scientifically accurate SRHR inf.
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