Reducing unplanned pregnancies

CHASE Africa

CHASE Africa is working to address sexual reproductive health and rights in East Africa. With around 60% of the population of the countries we work being under twenty, we place a big emphasis on working with young people. We realise the issue of reproductive health is a sensitive topic, but when a woman can plan the number, timing and spacing of her children, there are multiple benefits. Her health and her children’s health will improve, she will have more time to look after her children, their life chances will improve and she will have more time for productive work, making her family better off. Wider benefits include better educational opportunities for children as the chance of completing secondary school is much higher for children from smaller families. Being able to choose when to have children empowers women & enables them to build resilience which is deemed critical in coping with other challenges such as economic hardship and adaption to climate change. Having run projects with partners for 12 years, we now have the experience to help other organisations start up their own projects which will have more of an impact, helping more women not have an unplanned pregnancy.