The African Federation for Sexual Health and Rights (AFSHR) is pleased to announce the 6^th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights (6ACSHR). The theme of the conference is “Eliminating Women and Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Vulnerabilities in Africa”. The conference will hold in Yaoundé, Cameroon from February 3-7, 2014, and hosted by the Women in Alternative Action (WAA), Cameroon. 

The conference is part of a long-term process of building and fostering regional dialogue on sexual health and rights that leads to concrete actions and enhance stakeholders’ ability to influence policy and programming in favour of a sexually- healthy continent. AFSHR has collaborated with several Core Conference Partners (CCP) and other key stakeholders in sexual and reproductive health over the past ten years to organise this regional conference. The conference was previously held in Johannesburg, South Africa (2004); Nairobi, Kenya (2006); Abuja, Nigeria (2008); Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2010); and Windhoek, Namibia (2012).

The conference will start with a two- day capacity building workshop on sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people on 3-4 February, 2014.  Various Sexual and Reproductive Health constituencies will also hold expert meetings and consultation during these days.

The main conference will hold from 5-7 February, 2013 and will involve plenaries, concurrent sessions, skills-building workshops, and exhibition among others.  The conference will deliberate on Sexual and Reproductive Health of all categories of women and girls including women living with HIV, women and girls in conflict situations, women and girls with disabilities. It will also focus on excluded and marginalized populations, early marriage, adolescent motherhood, gender-based violence as well as maternal morbidity and mortality.

 

Conference Objectives

1. Identify promising/best practices for eliminating women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health vulnerabilities.
2. Facilitate knowledge management and programming to enhance women and girls’ agency.
3. Enhance women and girls’ programmes in regional and global development agenda including ICPD Beyond 20 and Post 2015 Development Agenda.

Conference Thematic Areas

Policy and Legal issues

• Analyze existing policies at continental, regional, national and community level that affect sexual and reproductive health.  Explore and share promising and best practices in policy and legal frameworks for the promotion, protection and provision of sexual and reproductive health.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services.

• Share best practices in the provision of information and services as well as integration of SRH and HIV services.  Special attention will be paid to programme targeting excluded population of women and girls.

Social-Cultural, Historic, Economic, Politic and Religious  issues

• Revisit all forms of barriers that prevent women and girls from attaining fully their sexual and reproductive health capacities and agency.  Identify existing opportunities within social-cultural ambience that can be leveraged to promote the agency of women and girls.  Promote programmes that have led to positive socio-cultural changes for women and girls.

Research, Knowledge Management and Skills Building

• Provide update in knowledge, behaviours and capacity building for enhancing sexual and reproductive health of women and girls.

Innovations, Technology and Diversity

• Explore how innovation and technology have aided or affected the sexual and reproductive health capacity of all categories of women and girls.

Investments, Equity, Financing and Accountability

• Explore investments and issues of equity  in women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health  and. Promote best practices in financing and accountability for effective programme delivery.

Scholarships

AFSHR does not offer scholarship to delegates. Delegates who cannot fund their participation costs are encouraged to seek scholarships through their institutional partners.

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