IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 01 May 2021 – 30 April 2023

DONOR: Swedish Institute

PROJECT GOAL: To advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among young people in Moldova.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

1. Improve access to engaging, educational, age-appropriate sexuality education resources for young people.
2. Strengthen the capacity of medical students to facilitate inclusive, rights-based discussions about SRHR topics with peers and other young people.
3. Enhance opportunities for collabrative SRHR-focused activities among civil society organizations, duty bearers, and rights holders.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

• Launch a series of inclusive and equitable gender-focused sexuality videos.
• Carry out awareness raising campaign regarding universal sexual and reproductive rights, gender equity, and healthy sexual behaviors.
• Conduct training of trainers for medical student peer educators on presenting sexuality education materials and navigating related discussions.
• Facilitate an exchange between Swedish and Moldovan medical students involved in facilitating peer-to-peer and school-level sexuality education discussions.
• Produce and distribute informational SRHR booklets to project beneficiaries.
• Carry out stakeholder dissemination meeting to discuss project outcomes and develop an action plan for sustaining activities