| 31 March 2016
Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA)
The BFPA also known as the Barbados Family Planning Association is a benevolent organization created to protect, serve, and empower every Barbadian with their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights embedded in a human and Sexual rights approach. The Association carries out its mission in the following ways clinical and medical service; education; national, community and individual intervention programs; strategic advocacy; intense research; provision of data; and most importantly protecting the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society. It was established by an act of Parliament in 1954 and governed by an elected group of volunteers. The Association is an independent entity and governed by a constitution. The BFPA for transparency and accountability is governed by a Board of Ten (10) Elected Directors (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Public Relation Officer and Five Floor members which consist of two youth members). For further accountability and transparency, several government agencies have ex-officio representatives on the Board these are the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Ministry of Youth Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Innovation, and the private sector. The diversity is further reflected through our Board and member with additional ex-officio e.g., LGBTQI Persons, Women’s groups, youth, and other partners. The Association is operationally managed by an Executive Director who is supported by highly technical, skilled, and qualified staff. Through a well-managed and sustainable revitalization process, the BFPA membership and board reflects the diversity that is in Barbados, with the following characteristics: age, ethnicity, religious preference, disability, sexuality, and socio-economic diversity. The BFPA has one location which is a comprehensive clinical facility and community social service hub. With the reorganisation of the work of the BFPA under the societal impact and sustainability pillars of Medical and Clinical Services, Commodity Distribution, Sexual Rights Advocacy and Intervention Programming, Counselling and Mental Health Support, and lastly the protection of the freedom of all to have Sexual Pleasure in a safe, respectful, and private manner.
| 31 March 2016
Syrian Family Planning Association
The Syrian Family Planning Association was created at 1974. SFPA's strategic framework for the period 2016-2022 includes: Our vision: Syrian society enjoys sexual and reproductive health and rights based on free choices without any discrimination. Our mission: To lead a locally owned, globally connected civil society movement that provides and enables services and champions sexual and reproductive health and rights for all especially undeserved. Our values: Social inclusion, commitment, diversity, respect, passion, volunteerism, accountability. To achieve the mission and vision the Syrian Family Planning strategic framework have the number of 4 outcomes each one includes 2 priority objectives as following: Outcome 1: The government respects, protects and activates sexual and reproductive rights and equal gender opportunities. Gaining support of decision-makers, opinion leaders and parliamentarians obligation to carry out the necessary amendments in legislation, policies and practices. Empowerment of youth and women's leaders and their engagement as advocates for change. Outcome 2: 2,300,000 people have free choices regarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights and protected from gender based violence. Enable young people to access comprehensive sexual education. Raising community awareness through engagement of champions, opinion formers and the media to promote health, choice and rights. Outcome 3: 24.5 million quality integrated sexual and reproductive health services delivered, particularly in humanitarian cases. Deliver integrated package of sexual and reproductive health services, especially in humanitarian cases. Enable sexual and reproductive health services among partners, particularly in humanitarian cases. Outcome 4: A high performing, united, committed and accountable association. Enhance operational effectiveness and double income at the national level. Enhance our volunteer and activist supporter base. SFPA branches distributed all over Syria in 13 governorates (Syria have 14 governorate, AlRaqa still out of the government control). SFPA is running several projects related sexual reproductive health, focusing on maternal and child health, during the crisis SFPA expand its services delivery points and do integration for gender base violence counselling services in all its health services using psychosocial support, and case manager. The SFPA Services delivery points at the 13th governorates are as following: 43 paediatric static clinics. 29 mobile team paediatricians. 14 mobile teams for malnutrition screening. 38 RH static clinics. 25 medical RH mobile teams. 1 obstetric and delivery hospital. 1 mammogram. 18 women and girls safe spaces /WGSS/. 24 PSS mobile teams supporting WGSS. 12 youth centers. The framework of SFPA activities focus on the following fields: SRH, Sexual reproductive health. GBV, gender base violence. Child health. Malnutrition prevention for pregnant woman and children under 5. Number of SFPA volunteers around 650, number of SFPA employees around 980.