Our Expertise

Women face significant barriers to maintaining their mental and physical wellbeing due to gender inequality, limited access to accurate health information and services, and deeply rooted harmful practices and beliefs, especially those related to SRHR. Our expertise in SRHR issues lies in family planning, maternal health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV/AIDS, STIs, menstruation hygiene management, gender-based violence, gender transformation, and cervical cancer prevention.

Social and Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC)

To address social norms and individual behaviours that impede SRHR, JOICFP trains community health volunteers, including youth peer educators, who disseminate SRHR promotional messages, provide SRHR education, and link community members with healthcare in close collaboration with health workers. JOICFP facilitates the trained community health volunteers and local health authorities to co-develop Social and Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) strategies, tools, and messages tailored to the local context. JOICFP’s SBCC module encompasses participatory communication strategy development, obstacle-based message options creation, communication action plan development, media tools production, media tools utilization, community organization, process documentation, and behavior study. This ensures that accurate information on SRHR reaches community members and fosters lasting social and behavioral change. For example, to tackle gender inequality, we actively engage both men and women as volunteers and conduct workshops that encourage male participation in SRHR activities. These efforts have helped create more inclusive environments where women can access essential health services without fear of stigma or resistance, and receive support from male peers.

Quality Healthcare: 5S-Kaizen

Infrastructure improvements are also crucial as part of quality health service delivery in increasing access to care and utilization of services. In addition to upgrading medical equipment and training, as well as construction and renovation of health facilities and maternity waiting houses, our projects implement the “5S Kaizen” methodology (Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize, Sustain). “Kaizen” is a Japanese word for “change for the better”; accordingly, this framework is a useful tool to improve quality, safety, productivity, efficiency, morals and morale, and internal/external client satisfaction. Achievements of this method include improvements in overall clinical performance including reduction of waiting time for clients, waste management, efficient use of medical supplies, and cleanliness.

By embedding supportive systems within communities, combined with our technical expertise and international advocacy, our integrated efforts have enabled women to overcome barriers to SRHR.