Resources

Brief

Providing family planning and reproductive health services in factory settings: Lessons from Port Said, Egypt

This research brief provides lessons for providing family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) services in a factory setting, based on lessons learned from and Evidence Project intervention implemented in Port Said, Egypt. The number of workers in the industrial sector in Egypt is about 2.6 million, most of them of childbear­ing age. Women account for […]

Brief

Meeting family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said: Lessons from pilot testing an intervention in eight garment factories (English and Arabic)

The Evidence Project conducted an interven­tion to raise awareness about family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) topics with factory workers in Port Said, Egypt. This policy brief describes les­sons from its implementation over three years and offers recommenda­tions for designing FP/RH worker health programs. These lessons and recommendations are based on insights from factory worker […]

Brief

COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices among young people in Port Said and Souhag, Egypt: A gender perspective

This brief presents results from a COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey conducted by the Evidence Project/Population Council among 241 young men and women aged 18–34 in Egypt who had been receiving COVID-19 information via WhatsApp. Results showed that knowledge of some behaviors that could prevent COVID-19 transmission was high among both young men and […]

Journal Article

Not all women who experience side effects discontinue their contraceptive method: Insights from a longitudinal study in India

Side effects are a primary reason why women stop using contraception, even though they may still want to avoid a pregnancy. However, women’s experiences with side effects is not well documented, especially among current users. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and other nationally representative surveys only ask about side effects in the context of […]

Journal Article

The role of unintended pregnancy in internalized stigma among women living with HIV in Kenya

Expanding access to integrated HIV/family planning (FP) services and equipping health workers to provide unbiased FP services to women living with HIV (WLHIV) may help reduce negative feelings WLHIV have toward themselves in addition to reducing barriers to FP. Kenya has successfully expanded HIV treatment, but HIV-related stigma and discrimination remain. While HIV-related stigma can […]