Clear Vision for Change (CIVISCE) is a leading advocate for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in urban, rural, and humanitarian settings in Kigoma region, Tanzania. We work to eliminate barriers that limit women’s, young women’s, and adolescent girls’ access to essential reproductive health services, particularly those in refugee camps, underserved villages, and remote areas. Our SRHR programs focus on:
1. Education and Awareness: Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) & Menstrual Health
Goal: Equip adolescent girls, young women, and marginalized groups with knowledge and resources to make informed sexual and reproductive health decisions.
- Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE): CIVISCE collaborates with schools, universities, and communities to provide age-appropriate and culturally sensitive SRH education. This includes safe sex practices, menstrual health, STI prevention, contraception, and gender equality.
- Preventing Early Pregnancies & Child Marriage: By raising awareness about family planning, reproductive health rights, and gender-based violence (GBV), CIVISCE helps reduce teenage pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and child marriages.
- Menstrual Health & Hygiene: CIVISCE provides menstrual hygiene education and distributes reusable sanitary pads to adolescent girls in schools and refugee camps, ensuring they stay in school and avoid absenteeism due to menstrual stigma or lack of sanitary products.
- SRHR for University Students: CIVISCE extends SRHR awareness to colleges and universities, empowering young adults with knowledge on reproductive rights, consent, safe relationships, and access to SRH services.
2️. Capacity Building: Strengthening Healthcare Systems for SRHR
Goal: Improve SRHR service delivery by training healthcare providers, community health workers, and SRHR advocates to offer respectful, stigma-free, and non-judgmental care.
- Training for Healthcare Providers: CIVISCE capacitates healthcare professionals in refugee camps and non-refugee contexts to deliver youth-friendly and inclusive SRH services.
- Championing the Harm Reduction Model (HRM): We train community health workers and medical staff on HRM to provide non-discriminatory post-abortion care (PAC), contraceptive services, and STI management for young women and adolescent girls, especially in refugee settings.
- Integrating SRHR with Climate and Economic Resilience: CIVISCE promotes climate-smart health solutions by ensuring SRHR services remain accessible in disaster-prone areas through solar-powered clinics and telemedicine solutions.
3️. Advocacy and Policy Influence: Expanding SRHR Access for All
Goal: Drive policy change to strengthen women’s reproductive rights, access to contraception, and post-abortion care (PAC) in Tanzania.
- Policy Advocacy for SRHR: CIVISCE partners with government agencies, NGOs, and coalitions to advocate for policy reforms that ensure women and girls have legal access to reproductive health services, including contraception, safe abortion care, and maternal health services.
- Breaking Cultural Taboos: We work with community leaders, educators, and health professionals to challenge harmful social norms and reduce stigma surrounding reproductive health and gender equality.
- Coalition-Building for SRHR: CIVISCE collaborates with national and international SRHR networks to strengthen advocacy efforts and ensure SRHR remains a key priority in Tanzania’s healthcare policies.
Our Impact & Call for Partnerships
Impact: CIVISCE’s integrated SRHR programs have reached thousands of adolescent girls, young women, and marginalized groups across Kigoma, leading to:
- Increased contraceptive use among young women
- Higher school retention rates for adolescent girls due to menstrual health interventions
- Reduction in teenage pregnancies and child marriages through CSE programs
- Improved access to post-abortion care (PAC) and STI prevention services
Join Us in Advancing SRHR in Tanzania
We welcome partnerships with organizations, donors, researchers, and advocacy groups to expand SRHR access and ensure women and girls can make informed reproductive health choices. For partnership inquiries, contact us at: partnership@civisce.org
