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Self-Care Journeys in Lamwo

Self-Care Journeys in Lamwo

She Cares is a self-managed family planning initiative in Northern Uganda implemented by consortium partners International Rescue Committee, WORUDET and ACORD Uganda. From 2022 to 2024, She Cares partners used research, implementation and advocacy methods to bring self-managed contraception closer to adolescent girls and women living in Lamwo and Yumbe districts, many of whom are refugees from South Sudan. The following stories, shared in Palabek refugee settlement and the neighboring host community, are told by a range of stakeholders who have taken part in She Cares program activities. Included in these perspectives are women and girls who are navigating the world of family planning and self-care, health care workers who […]

She Cares: Self-awareness + self-management + self-testing = self-care

She Cares: Self-awareness + self-management + self-testing = self-care

Leaving no woman or girl behind: Advancing the learning agenda on SRHR self-care in humanitarian settings WORUDET is implementing She Cares, a two-year SRHR project (2022-2024) in partnership with IRC and ACORD Uganda. The project will use research, implementation and advocacy approaches to pilot self-care in SRHR in Palabek refugee settlement and the surrounding host communities in Lamwo district. She Cares will focus on adolescent girls and young women in humanitarian settings, giving them the power to achieve their sexual & reproductive health and rights. The She Cares project will achieve this goal through: Designing, implementing and generating evidence on innovative SRHR self-care interventions in refugee settings. Contributing to a […]