MOH LISTEN PROCESS FOR SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH CPs

AGYW identified to be at risk:

Engagements with AGYWs

Engagements with parents and caregivers

Engagements with Male Partners

• Introvert girls who often lack self-esteem are easily trusting of what males tell them
• Those who use public transport to school are targeted by conductors
• Girls from child-headed homes are vulnerable in cases of GBV
• Girls in lower secondary school as males believe that they are virgins & will often approach them with the intention to be “the first”

• Fear of being judged when seeking SRH services
• Local health staff members are mostly local, which compromises confidentiality
• Prefer branded condoms over “free ones”, but more expensive
• Poverty which leads to transactional relationships
• Vulnerability in child headed homes
• Covid-19 resulted in school shutdown which led to Boredom
• Lack of sex education
• Lack of knowledge on services provided by clinic
• Misinformation and lack of training on contraceptives
• We have only one health facility (Luyengo clinic) where we are familiar with the staff and fear judgment/lack of confidentiality (trust)

• Need to improve parent-child engagements
• To be capacitated on SRH & services available to better guide and support AGYW
• Workshops on the parent responsibility to raise a child
• Let there be neighborhood watch for spotting old and married men dating AGYW
• Let’s bring back some cultural practices that encouraged girls to take pride in their lives e.g., Reed dance
• Improved communication between parents–teachers; to better support children

• Lack of proper condom usage; open wrong, tearing the condom before use
• We don’t afford branded condoms which are preferred over the free ones 
• Inconsistent use of condom; need to maximize time with the girl and a condom can delay/make the girl lose interest
• Limited access to SRH services for males
• Increased transactional relationships; they have the means to support girls who need money
• Multiple partners; acceptable and promoted with peers
• Peer pressure as we compete in number of girls
• Taxi conductors and drivers providing financial support to young girls