Project Yolsgo: Promoting adolescent girls sexual and reproductive health in a humanitarian context in Burkina Faso

This project addresses the needs of internally displaced adolescent girls in the Centre-North and East regions, two of the most insecure areas in Burkina Faso. It aims to strengthen their rights and sexual and reproductive health and to advocate for a greater consideration of their needs in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.

The project will use a participatory approach to assess the sexual and reproductive health needs of internally displaced adolescent girls by convening the girls themselves, their parents, community leaders and implementing agencies to examine contextual, institutional and personal barriers to access. They will then co-design an intervention, based on local experience and data, to strengthen the girls’ autonomy and resilience and improve their access to sexual and reproductive health services. Finally, the project will test and evaluate the intervention.

This project is funded under the Addressing Neglected Areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa (ANeSA) initiative. ANeSA is a seven-year CAD29.9-million initiative funded by IDRC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Global Affairs Canada. Its primary objective is to support greater realization of critical sexual and reproductive health and rights by underserved populations in Africa.