Intervention Strategies
The contemporary issues under these priority areas are addressed through the following broad programmatic strategies:
- Research – to address the major misconceptions and wider information gaps related to sexual and reproductive health and rights of youth in Pakistan and policy research for an enabling environment.
- Institutional Strengthening – to act as a catalyst in strengthening and building capacities of partners in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights of youth throughout Pakistan and setting up of Life Skills friendly communities, institutions and resource centre(s).
- Advocacy – to promote evidence based structured debate and dialogue amongst a variety of stakeholders from across the country/region on issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights of the youth of Pakistan.
- Resource Mobilization – Continue to draw more donors and strategic partners into development coalitions around SRHR, in order to ensure greater political and financial commitment and reduce misconceptions and gaps related to the issue of SRHR in Pakistan
- Organisation Development - WPF, field Office Pakistan ensures its local governance capacity, effective organizational structure, capable human resources, efficient policies, systems and processes and application of Information Technology for Development (Website, SRHR Portal. CDRoMs etc) on SRHR to have wider outreach impact.
The strategies are quite general, providing a comprehensive yet flexible foundation for development of more specific actions based on guiding principles including RBA, Male involvement, Public Private Partnership, Sustainability and others.
WPF realizes the importance of partnerships in SRHR sector as no individual partner can accomplish everything that is required; however, through a collaborative approach, and with a sustained commitment, significant progress can be made. Therefore, all the strategies mentioned above are carried out in strong collaborations with government, public sector organizations, civil society organizations, media and community stakeholders etc. |