Deadline: 10 April 2014
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is inviting applications from professionals who have the capacity to constructively influence a sustainable and equal development in their countries through their positions within governmental organizations, teaching hospitals, medical facilities, civil society organizations and the private sector around the globe for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The major purpose of the training program is to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of poor women, children, youth and men by increasing their access to satisfactory sexual and reproductive health care services of good quality; promoting sexual education; and increasing their knowledge of and demand for available SRHR services.
The training will held in two parts –
- 6-31 October 2014 at Malmo, Sweden
- 22-29 April 2015 – the location is yet to decide
Total 25 participants will be selected for the training program.
Eligibility Criteria –
- Participants must be one of the following – local level (Midwives, nurse/midwives and obstetricians working in a clinical setting with the possibility of influencing decision making in their respective settings); intermediate level (Professionals responsible for educational/training activities within the SRHR area at district or provincial level); central level (SRHR professionals at teaching institutions at national level, and policy makers at national level (Ministry of Health or Ministry of Education)); staff from national NGOs or from the private sector working in the field of SRHR.
- Applicants must be from one of the following countries – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cambodia and India.
- Applications from teams of 4-6 persons are prioritized.
- Applicants must commit full participation (physical, mental and intellectual) in the training program.
For more information, please visit SRHR Training Program Announcement page.
