The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) was established in 1952 after the rights-based movement that raised the issue of women and sexual reproductive health. The IIPF now serves as the main supporter and global service provider for sexual and reproductive health in the world. The federation works in different countries of the world through local family planning associations to provide sexual and reproductive health services to communities.
IPPF and its member associations (MAs) strive to reach out to the poor, marginalized, social excluded and underserved communities who are often, otherwise, deprived of the services which they need for their well-being. IPPF has its headquarters in London, and works through six regional offices (at Nairobi in Africa, Tunis in the Arab World, Brussels in Europe, New Delhi in South Asia, Kuala Lumpur in East, South East Asia and Oceania, and New York in the Western Hemisphere). The New Delhi office at SARO works with member associations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The eight countries in South Asia where IPPF works have one-fourth of the world’s population. The programme is reaching out to significant numbers of people to help them meet their needs for contraception, abortion (wherever permitted by law), safe motherhood, services related to HIV and AIDS, among others. The focus is on the poor and the marginalized, including adolescents and young people who are known to face discrimination in accessing services.
About the Job
The IPPF South Asia Regional Office (SARO) is currently implementing an European Union supported advocacy project on advocating for the integration of SRH in the operation of the CCMs of the Global Fund in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Maldives and Iran.
IPPF SARO is looking for a consultant to develop advocacy messages and tools that will be used by the project partners, country teams and civil society organizations to advocate on SRH- HIV integration in the Global Fund mechanism.
The advocacy will be done with various stakeholders like government representatives, CCM members, organizations working in the fields of SRH, PLHA networks, youth organizations, media and other stakeholders who are able to influence the Country Coordinating Mechanism members of the Global Fund in the project countries. The advocacy will help in increasing the commitment of the CCM members towards SRH-HIV integration, as well as increase their understanding on the benefits of integration in their own country context.
Responsibilities of the consultant
– Development of an advocacy tool
– Development of 4 advocacy fact sheets on benefits of integration
– Development of minimum 4 key messages per fact sheet.
Last date for submission of the Expression of Interest is August 12, 2011.
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