Region
Africa
Focus Areas
- Adolescents & Youth
- Climate & Health
- Combatting Gender-Based Violence
- Contraception & Family Planning
- Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
Approaches
- Advocacy & Policy
- Gender Equity
- Social & Behavior Change
- Health Systems Strengthening
- Fragile & Crisis Settings
Pathfinder works with the Ministry of Health and local partners to strengthen health services and advance sexual and reproductive health and rights. We partner with women, men, and youth, particularly in community settings, to promote gender-equitable practices and address stigma related to contraceptive use. In addition, we engage women in building the resilience of their families and communities to climate change.
Contraceptive Choice
Pathfinder supports women in Niger to make their own reproductive choices. We do this by engaging men and boys to support contraceptive use, strengthening services at health facilities through health worker trainings, ensuring availability of essential equipment and supplies, strengthening data collection and reporting, and extending health services to make them more available to remote communities. We collaborate closely with the Ministry of Public Health, leveraging our relationships with the government to advocate for political commitments in support of family planning services.
Postabortion Care
We work with community leaders and civil society organizations to create an enabling social environment where girls and women have access to quality postabortion information and services, free from stigma and discrimination. Pathfinder strengthens postabortion care at health facilities through the provision of training and equipment, and dissemination of revised national standards and guidelines. In addition, we work with other local, national, and international organizations to advocate for inclusion of postabortion care-related indicators in the National Health Information System.
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Pathfinder works with youth organizations to jointly develop young people’s sexual and reproductive health knowledge and skills so that they can make informed decisions and shift unhealthy attitudes. In addition, Pathfinder works with communities to create enabling social norms that support rights-based, youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health programs and services. We advocate for an enabling policy environment and necessary resources that allow young people to access their sexual and reproductive rights.
Climate Migrants and Women’s Resilience to Climate Change
Pathfinder has supported economic empowerment and health resilience among young women affected by climate change-induced seasonal migration in rural areas. Together with community leaders, we improved the knowledge and use of reproductive health, family planning, and gender-based violence services among young migrant and non-migrant women and reduced their vulnerability by strengthening their economic and financial empowerment.
