As part of POWER, UN Women developed key resources and tools to promote sexual, reproductive, maternal, child, newborn and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) in humanitarian settings in the Horn of Africa.
POWER - Program On Women’s Empowerment in Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) rights in humanitarian settings in Uganda
POWER - Program On Women’s Empowerment in Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) rights in humanitarian settings in Ethiopia
POWER in Ethiopia
As of April 2022, Ethiopia was the third-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, hosting almost 850 000 refugees predominantly originating from South Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea.4 POWER was implemented in the Gambella region, which hosted over 40 percent of the country's refugee population. In Ethiopia, POWER contributed to development of national and local SRMNCAH frameworks for the humanitarian settings.
POWER - Program On Women’s Empowerment in Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) rights in humanitarian settings in the Horn of Africa Region, Programme Approach and Results
Theory of Change of the Programme
POWER contributed to creating an enabling environment for women and girls to demand health services as an essential component of achieving healthy lives and well-being for all. The POWER project adapted UN Women’s RMNCAH Flagship Programme theory of change to the context in humanitarian settings which proposed that:
POWER - Program On Women’s Empowerment in Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) rights in humanitarian settings in the Horn of Africa Region
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Context
Every day, about 810 women die from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth. Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for roughly two-thirds (196,000) of maternal deaths in 2017.1
