Partnering with local organizations to support the reproductive health of adolescent refugees: a three-year analysis

Programme Reports & Evaluations
New York
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
2003

This document evaluates the performance of the Eleanor Bellows Pillsbury Fund for Reproductive Health Care and Rights for Adolescent Refugees (EBP Fund). The report highlights the factors that affects the protection of adolescent, especially girls, at an increasing risk of suffering gender-based voilence, including, rape and exchanging sex for goods and services, and of engaging in premarital sexual activity. As a result, conflict-affected adolescent are at an increased risk of contracting sexuallt transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS, and undergoing unsafe abortions.

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