Mybody Mybody – Dignity is the right to choose

Your body Your choice

Advocating for comprehensive, inclusive sexual and reproductive health care for all

Dignity is the right to choose

Who we are

MyBody Mybody is a Non-governmental, Non-political, Non-religious, and not for profit making organization. The organization aims at enhancing the capacity of marginalized women and girls to meaningfully participate in designing their own inclusive SRHR and GBV prevention and response strategies, strengthen respect for human rights and body autonomy at the County and national levels. This includes advocating for inclusive, non-discriminatory, affordable, and accessible GBV-SRHR information, services, and products.

Our mission is to be the organization of impact in advocating for inclusive rights of marginalized women and girls through the implementation of social behavior change strategies to prevent and respond to SRHR and Gender-Based Violence at the community and national levels.

We envision a nation where marginalized women and girls live free from all forms of abuse with dignity and respect for women’s rights.

Our

Core Values

Diversity & Meaningful Inclusion

We believe in non-discriminatory, diverse, proactive, and meaningful inclusion.

Creativity & Innovation

We acknowledge and provide the platform for creativity through innovation.

Integrity

We always speak truth to power and do what is right even when it is difficult.

Equity

We treat everyone with respect, courtesy, and fairness

Our Target Group

Young Women

Adolescent girls

Our

Programs

Awareness and education

We strengthen SRHR awareness, knowledge and life skills among in-school and out of school adolescent girls, especially those in Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) counties and urban informal settlements.

Capacity Building

We build the capacity of service providers to deliver comprehensive and quality Sexual and Reproductive Health and Right services that meet the preferences and choices of diverse cadres of women and girls.

Advocacy

We strengthen the agency of women to demand and utilize quality SRH information and services. We create an evidence informed advocacy for policy and legal reforms to safeguard women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Partnership

We establish partnerships and collaboration for mainstream women's and girls' SRHR into multiple development and humanitarian fields and sectors.

Our Focus Areas

Gender?

At My Body, we believe that fulfilling the sexual and reproductive health rights of marginalized women and girls particularly, is essential in achieving better health outcomes and a more gender equitable society. The realization of this, requires integration of gender equality in programming, and development of tools that understand the influence of gender inequality on sexual and reproductive health. Women and girls have the right to have control of their sexual and reproductive health and lives, by making their own informed choices free from coercion, violence, discrimination and abuse. However, these rights are often violated due to discriminatory social norms that inhibit women from making their own decisions in relation to their sexual and reproductive health. They are often denied access to quality sexual and reproductive health information and services thus making them vulnerable to unplanned and unwanted pregnancies as well as to sexually transmitted infections and diseases. Social norms subject women and girls to sexual violence, coerced sex, and harmful practices like female genital mutilation which violate their human rights. We therefore advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights of marginalized women and girls to prevent unintended pregnancies, improve maternal health, and prevent STIs including HIV/AIDS.

Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights.?

SRHR is a fundamental human right, and we work towards ensuring that marginalized women and girls have access to the information, services, and products they need to make informed choices about their bodies and lives. Our programs focus on providing education, resources, and support related to contraception, maternal health, and safe abortion, as well as addressing gender-based violence, harmful traditional practices and challenging taboos.

Intersectionality?

Our work recognizes that experiences of discrimination, marginalization and violence are intersectional, and can vary depending on factors such as gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, and age. We work to understand and address the ways in which these intersections shape the experiences of marginalized women and girls, and to ensure that our programs are inclusive, intersectional and responsive to the diverse needs of our community.

What We Do

Evidence informed advocacy for policy and legal reforms to safeguard women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Build the capacity of service providers to deliver comprehensive and quality sexual and reproductive health services that meet the preferences and choices of diverse cadres of women and girls.

Strengthen the agency of women to demand and utilise quality SRH information and services.

Strengthen SRHR awareness, knowledge and life skills among in-school and out of school adolescent girls, especially those in ASAL counties and urban informal settlements.

Engage with men and boys as defenders and promoters of women's and girls' SRHR.

Establish partnerships and collaboration for mainstream women's and girls' SRHR into multiple development and humanitarian fields and sectors.