Welcome!

Day 1
 Speed dating!
What do you have in
common?
Safe spaces
What is a safe space for Make Way?

The term “safe space” refers to a physical or digital context where

people  can express their views, needs and opinions and non-

polarisingly, non-judgmentally and respectfully enter into dialogue

with each other. It should be a space where people can trust they

will not be exposed to discrimination, harassment, or any other

emotional, psychological or physical harm.

Our
programme
for the next
days
 • Akina Mama wa Afrika, The Circle of
Concerned African Women Theologians,
OUR Forum for African Educationalists, Liliane
Foundation, VSO Netherlands and
PARTNERSHIP Wemos, in partnership with the Dutch
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Implementation in Ethiopia, Kenya,

Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, the (Eastern
and Southern) African region and at the
global level.
• 47 collaborating partners across
the contexts.
INTERSECTIONAL Intersectionality is an analytical
framework for understanding how
APPROACH aspects of a person's social and
political identities overlap and
combine to create different modes
and unique experiences of
discrimination and privilege.
 OUR 3 STRATEGIES

1 2 3
Create intersectional Strengthen CSO Roll out lobby and
tools and diffuse SRHR lobby and advocacy
approach advocacy capacity
STRENGTHEN LOBBY &
ADVOCACY CAPACITY

• Develop training programme using tools developed

and based on capacity assessments.
• Support peer training and mentorship including
through safe spaces.
• Build in youth engagement at all levels.
 GROWING OUR IMPACT

CSOs at various levels use This gradually shifts the Their success prompts other
innovative and evolving narrative among duty- CSOs to adopt the same
intersectional SRHR bearers and in society at approaches, creating
advocacy approaches. large. stronger impact.
A critical and growing mass of duty-bearers and society at large actively supports intersectional
SRHR when…

The media increasingly
reports on and supports
topics related to
intersectionality in SRHR.
The societal and political The actions of CSOs and the
discussions are picked up by voice of society resonate
a wider group of the with duty bearers, leading to
population, including change in their language,
marginalised youth, who data collection and political
increasingly hold duty agenda setting on
bearers to account.  intersectional SRHR.
Concepts
refresher:
Lobby and
Advocacy
 What is advocacy?
“Arguing in favor of a cause or idea”

Ongoing process aimed changing attitudes, actions, policies & laws

By influencing:
• people and organisations with power at multiple levels

A way to achieve a positive change based on predefined outcomes.

 What is lobbying? 
Focused form of advocacy to influence the actions of decision-makers.

Talking to political representatives and policy officials is an important way of influencing changes in
law and policy. 

Lobbying tools:
• direct face to face meetings
• Phone calls

• letter writing campaigns

• Participating in policy consultation processes
• Getting other powerful people to influence them informally
 Changes we Behavioural
change of state,

want to see
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
market and/or
societal actors

Institutional procedures have been POLICY CHANGE

influenced, e.g., by changing
decision-making processes, opening
up new spaces for dialogue or PROCEDURAL CHANGE Official policies
gaining a seat at the table  and/or laws are
changed 
AGENDA SETTING

Awareness has been raised and you

manage to get your issues on the
political agenda 
DISCURSIVE
CHANGE

Advocacy targets start adopting your

terminology, rhetoric and framing of an issue 
Concepts
refresher:
Intersectionality
 Intersectionality helps us understanding
how aspects of a person's social and
political identities combine to create
different modes and unique experiences of
discrimination and privilege.
What is intersectionality?
“If we can’t see a problem, we can’t fix a problem.”
Check your Universal
Intersecting
own privilege & design Time & space
identities
biases approach

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Respect &
Diverse Relational Transformative,
uphold dignity
knowledge power rights based
of all people
What are SRHR?
Concepts
refresher:
Health systems
Integrating a health systems approach in
our work
FOCUS:
Health system strengthening for the
availability, accessibility, acceptability,
and quality (AAAQ) of SRH services for
marginalized young people
 What is a health system?
A health system consists of all the organizations, institutions,
resources and people whose primary purpose is to improve
health (WHO definition).

A health system needs staff, funds, information, supplies,

transport, communications and overall guidance and direction to
function. 

WHO describes health systems in six building blocks.

 Practically Integrating HSS in our work

So, let's find a name: Hanna, Tigist, Rahel, Kidist?

● Clinic far from home, mother doesn't get sufficient care

● few health workers when she is born, they are busy with many other
clients, tired, inattentive
● born with disability due to lack of basic tools and equipment - no money
to buy these
● grows up with disability, excluded from society, cursed
● lack of CSE, sexually abused, pregnant
● etc
 Make Ways Response?
How will our program help?

● Address the societal issues and attitudes and norms

● Policy Barriers
● Legal barriers
● Health Systems
Health systems building blocks
 AAAQ • Existence of services:
quantity and type
FRAMEWORK Availability

• Physical
• scientifically and • Financial
• Bureaucratic &
medically Quality Accessibility
appropriate and administrative
• Social
of the highest
• Information
quality.

Acceptability

• ethically and culturally appropriate,

i.e. respectful of individuals,
minorities, peoples, and communities
 Examples: Health System or Not

Commitment 1: Increase family planning financing

Commitment 2: Improve contraceptive commodity security
Commitment 3: Improve access to adolescent and youth
responsive health systems for contraceptive use
Commitment 4: Ensure availability of quality family planning
information and services
 Examples: Health System or Not

Increased quality health workers from xx to xx for better SRHR outcomes for youth
and marginalised populations in Oromia Region by December 2023
Advocacy for SRH services friendly and accessible to young people in diverse
situations of marginalisation
Advocacy for CSE in formal and informal education, e.g., better implementation of
ESA commitment 2013 towards ensuring CSE for all
 Examples: Health System or Not
Build CSO capacity to monitor and track funding for health, (comprehensive
sexuality and inclusive) education and SRH services
Build CSO capacity to build evidence on and analyse key policies and funding from
an intersectional, SRHR perspective
Build CSO capacity to engage champions from student associations and medical
professional networks to support SRH services friendly to young people in situations
of marginalisation and for intersectional SRHR
Build CSO capacity to engage with educational professional networks to support
CSE.
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 Examples: Health System or Not
Innovative social and new media engagement to educate on SRHR and create a shift toward
positive narratives around youth and people with disabilities Marginalized youth
● Innovative social and new media engagement to promote the concept of multiple
vulnerabilities & Anti-discriminations
● Convene safe spaces for solidarity building and strategizing to advocate on contested
issues
● Engage religious groups and health professionals as allies to change discriminatory
attitudes and norms
● Promote local youth-led evidence building and monitoring- social accountability of SRHR
Health systems building blocks
Our starting
point
 Starting point

• Context analysis
• Relevant policies, laws and
regulations
• Contextualised theory of change
(ToC)
• Results Framework
 Relevant indicators from the Results
Framework
• Increased % of youth agree that duty bearers are committed to their roles of in the
implementation of existing laws and policies related to SRHR for marginalised youth
for marginalised youth  
• % of duty bearers, stakeholders, marginalised youth and the community who have
knowledge regarding the rights  of marginalised youth  concerning their SRH.  
• # of calls advocating for positive changes in funding structures and policies on SRHR
for marginalised youth 
Group work
SELECTING THE ISSUE

Sometimes, the hardest part of advocacy is

deciding what NOT to focus on.