Kyomya Macklean is an activist from Uganda with extensive experience in human rights, sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and working with key populations. She has held leadership positions in several national, regional, and international organizations advocating for sex workers' health and rights. Macklean has a degree in social work and development and certificates in gender studies, human rights, and financial management. She currently directs a harm reduction network in Uganda and sits on boards supporting key populations in Africa.
Improving maternal and Child Healthcare using MamaNurse® Innovative Collaborative, Community-Based Approach, creating public Healthcare Leaders & Equitable System Based on Intersection of People, Policy, Process & Strategy.
In Nigeria, the government is implementing the Free Maternal and Child Health Care Programme (FMCHCP). The policy is premised on the notion that financial barriers are one of the most important constraints to equitable access and use of skilled maternal and child healthcare. In Ebonyi State, Southeastern Nigeria the FMCHCP is experiencing implementation challenges including: inadequate human resource for health, inadequate funding, out of stock syndrome, inadequate infrastructure, and poor staff remuneration. Furthermore, there is less emphasis on community involvement in the programme implementation. In this policy brief, we recommend policy options that emphasize the implementation of community-based participatory interventions to strengthen the government’s FMCHCP as follows: Option 1: Training community women on prenatal care, life-saving skills in case of emergency, reproductive health, care of the newborn and family planning. Option 2: Sensitizing the community women towards behavioural change, to understand what quality services that respond to their needs are but also to seek and demand for such. Option 3: Implementation packages that provide technical skills to women of childbearing age as well as mothers’ groups, and traditional birth attendants for better home-based maternal and child healthcare. The effectiveness of this approach has been demonstrated in a number of community-based participatory interventions, building on the idea that if community members take part in decision-making and bring local knowledge, experiences and problems to the fore, they are more likely to own and sustain solutions to improve their communities’ health.
AMA is the Country Wide Network of sex workers whose main focus is to advocate around law and policy reform as well as Right to health for sex workers.
Improving maternal and Child Healthcare using MamaNurse® Innovative Collaborative, Community-Based Approach, creating public Healthcare Leaders & Equitable System Based on Intersection of People, Policy, Process & Strategy.
In Nigeria, the government is implementing the Free Maternal and Child Health Care Programme (FMCHCP). The policy is premised on the notion that financial barriers are one of the most important constraints to equitable access and use of skilled maternal and child healthcare. In Ebonyi State, Southeastern Nigeria the FMCHCP is experiencing implementation challenges including: inadequate human resource for health, inadequate funding, out of stock syndrome, inadequate infrastructure, and poor staff remuneration. Furthermore, there is less emphasis on community involvement in the programme implementation. In this policy brief, we recommend policy options that emphasize the implementation of community-based participatory interventions to strengthen the government’s FMCHCP as follows: Option 1: Training community women on prenatal care, life-saving skills in case of emergency, reproductive health, care of the newborn and family planning. Option 2: Sensitizing the community women towards behavioural change, to understand what quality services that respond to their needs are but also to seek and demand for such. Option 3: Implementation packages that provide technical skills to women of childbearing age as well as mothers’ groups, and traditional birth attendants for better home-based maternal and child healthcare. The effectiveness of this approach has been demonstrated in a number of community-based participatory interventions, building on the idea that if community members take part in decision-making and bring local knowledge, experiences and problems to the fore, they are more likely to own and sustain solutions to improve their communities’ health.
AMA is the Country Wide Network of sex workers whose main focus is to advocate around law and policy reform as well as Right to health for sex workers.
Dr. Maket has over 22 years of progressive experience in senior organizational management and leadership. He has extensive expertise in public health program design, planning and health systems strengthening in Africa, with specific focus on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), Malaria, Reproductive Health and Family Planning. Dr. Maket has in the recent expanded his experience and skill set by leading Danya Africa regional team in the design and implementation of food security and nutrition programs under USAID’s Feed the Future initiative that integrated best practices in Social and Behavior Change communication; Monitoring, Research, Evaluation an Learning; ICT and Capacity Building. Dr. Maket has a track record of successful business development in East and Southern Africa and has established networks within the public and private sectors as well as local and international NGOs including the donor community.
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Communities and Health Systems Strengtheningjehill3
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Communities and Health Systems Strengthening
The State of CORE
Karen LeBan, Executive Director, CORE Group
CORE Spring Meeting, April 27,2010
Karen Sichinga, Chair of the African Christian Health Associations Platform and Executive Director of the Churches Health Association of Zambia discusses how faith-based organizations in Africa provide family planning and work with faith leaders to increase demand.
This is the abstract presentation by Nicole Banister (Leveraging sport to improve perceptions of violence and sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescents: Insights gained from Grassroot Soccer’s play-based approach in Papua New Guinea) which took place as part of the fourth session of #APCRSHR10 #Virtual on the theme of "Young people and sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia and the Pacific" | more details are online at www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual4 Thanks
Neha Kumar
POLICY SEMINAR
Examining the State of Community-led Development Programming
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Movement for Community-led Development
APR 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Lauren Van Enk of the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University presents a study of the involvement of faith-based organizations in family planning, discussing how motivations for involvement in family planning differ among actors, and similarities and differences among FBOs and secular organizations.
David deakin on Tearfund and Mobile Technologies for Social ChangeEnvisage RTI
David Deakin from Tearfund, a long established International Development Agency, talks about the role of technology in supporting HIV programmes and patients in Africa
Neha Kumar
POLICY SEMINAR
Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
Research provides needed evidence to advocate for strong laws and programs to combat gender-based violence. Yet research capacity is lagging in many parts of the world including Africa. In response, ICRW, the Gender-based Violence Prevention Network and the South African Medical Research Council undertook a capacity building program that paired NGOs with research institutions in the region. Our experience shows that partnering violence prevention organizations with researchers has strengthened the formers’ skills to carry out relevant action research, and directed evidence into the hands of those best positioned to use it, namely activists and program implementers.
Dr. Maket has over 22 years of progressive experience in senior organizational management and leadership. He has extensive expertise in public health program design, planning and health systems strengthening in Africa, with specific focus on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), Malaria, Reproductive Health and Family Planning. Dr. Maket has in the recent expanded his experience and skill set by leading Danya Africa regional team in the design and implementation of food security and nutrition programs under USAID’s Feed the Future initiative that integrated best practices in Social and Behavior Change communication; Monitoring, Research, Evaluation an Learning; ICT and Capacity Building. Dr. Maket has a track record of successful business development in East and Southern Africa and has established networks within the public and private sectors as well as local and international NGOs including the donor community.
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Communities and Health Systems Strengtheningjehill3
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Communities and Health Systems Strengthening
The State of CORE
Karen LeBan, Executive Director, CORE Group
CORE Spring Meeting, April 27,2010
Karen Sichinga, Chair of the African Christian Health Associations Platform and Executive Director of the Churches Health Association of Zambia discusses how faith-based organizations in Africa provide family planning and work with faith leaders to increase demand.
This is the abstract presentation by Nicole Banister (Leveraging sport to improve perceptions of violence and sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescents: Insights gained from Grassroot Soccer’s play-based approach in Papua New Guinea) which took place as part of the fourth session of #APCRSHR10 #Virtual on the theme of "Young people and sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia and the Pacific" | more details are online at www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual4 Thanks
Neha Kumar
POLICY SEMINAR
Examining the State of Community-led Development Programming
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Movement for Community-led Development
APR 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Lauren Van Enk of the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University presents a study of the involvement of faith-based organizations in family planning, discussing how motivations for involvement in family planning differ among actors, and similarities and differences among FBOs and secular organizations.
David deakin on Tearfund and Mobile Technologies for Social ChangeEnvisage RTI
David Deakin from Tearfund, a long established International Development Agency, talks about the role of technology in supporting HIV programmes and patients in Africa
Neha Kumar
POLICY SEMINAR
Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
Research provides needed evidence to advocate for strong laws and programs to combat gender-based violence. Yet research capacity is lagging in many parts of the world including Africa. In response, ICRW, the Gender-based Violence Prevention Network and the South African Medical Research Council undertook a capacity building program that paired NGOs with research institutions in the region. Our experience shows that partnering violence prevention organizations with researchers has strengthened the formers’ skills to carry out relevant action research, and directed evidence into the hands of those best positioned to use it, namely activists and program implementers.
The Youth AfriCamp provides a forum that allows the participating youth to showcase their work in their respective regions. In addition, the camp includes training segments that will allow youth to acquire skills in creative social messaging techniques that they can apply to their work. The YI sees added value in convening the AfriCamp to not only act as facilitator and sponsor, but most importantly, to raise the profile of the work young people are doing under challenging conditions.
This is an invited presentation made in the HIV & Law ALA Fellow Program held at NCHSR, UNSW, organized by Shingua Univeristy & UNSW (Sponsored by AusAID, Govt. of Australia)
CWISH (Children and Women in Social Service and Human Rights) is a non partisan, secular and not for profit nongovernment human rights organization established in 2nd December 1993 with the aim of protection and promotion of human rights. It has mandate to work all over Nepal on Advocating for human rights, Peace and justice; Empowering target groups and Enabling stakeholders. CWISH believes and promote democratic practices, good governance, accountability and innovation in working approaches.
CWISH is women led organization founded and led by Nepalese women together with proportionate involvement of men to reduce gender gap in socio economic development and human rights.
WOREC Nepal, since its inception in 1991, is actively engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, campaigning on violence against women and trafficking of women as well as economic social and cultural rights (ESCR). The organization has taken a holistic integrated approach with participatory intervention to facilitate formation and strengthening of community-based women groups for human rights and social justice. WOREC Nepal continued its campaigns at local, national and international levels on VAW and ESCR in partnership with CBOs, local women groups and networks. This year, WOREC jointly with NAWHRD, was actively engaged in 100 days campaign on violence against women and 60 days campaign on violence against women alleged as witches. Similarly, WOREC Nepal has been successful in further strengthening the capacity of more than 1000 local women groups and CBOs. This annual report highlights the major accomplishment and achievements during the year 2012.
1. Biography
Kyomya Macklean (Ugandan)
Ms Kyomya Macklean Mary is a passionate activist with extensive and profound experience in
leadership and good governance skills, Human Rights, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR),
HIV/AIDS, Working with key populations, gender mainstreaming in programming, proposal
writing, research, policy analysis, lobbying skills and advocacy, negotiation skills, community/
fundraising/resource mobilization and documentation, communication/behavior change
communication (oral, strategic networking, teamwork and partnership building, I have exceptional
competence in communication skills techniques.
Macklean holds a wealthy experience: Leadership and movement building in sex work
organising both at national, regional and international level. At the national level Macklean is a
pioneer in establishing a sex work lead organisation which advocates for the health and human
rights of sex workers in Uganda. At regional level Macklean is a pioneer and founding member
of African Sex workers Alliance in Africa (ASWA)- a sex workers lead movement, Served as an
ASWA regional coordinators for 3 years based in South Africa, Former Board member of Global
Network for Sex workers Project (NSWP), Former member of UNAIDS Advisory Group on HIV
and Sex Work, Represented Africa Key Population at the African Region of the Governing Council
(GC) on the International AIDS Society (IAS) for 3 years, Former member of the steering
committee for Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional law in Uganda
(CSCHRCL) for 2 years, Former member of the Task Force for East African Community HIV Bill
for 2 years, Former member of the International Advisory Group (AIG) for Universal Access
targeting Key Population in Africa, Former member of the working group for Africa Regional
Dialogue of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, Former member of Programme Advisory
Committee (PAC) of Red Umbrella Fund found to Advance the Human Rights of Sex Workers.
Qualification: Macklean is in possession of a Degree in Social Worker & Development from
Cavendish University, Diploma in Social Work from Nzamizi Training Institute, Certificate in
Human Rights and Good governance Makerere University, Certificate in Gender and Counseling,
Certificate in Feminist Leadership and Movement Building, Certificate in Security Management &
Protection Training for Human Rights Defenders, Certificate in Strategic Financial Management for
Non Governmental Organizations, Certificate in Computer studies, Uganda Advanced Certificate of
Education, Uganda ordinary Certificate of Education.
Currently: Working as the Programs Director for Uganda Harm Reduction Network (UHRN) a
youth led drug user network established in 2008 and registered under Reg. No. 181733 to respond to
the drug use crisis in Uganda. The network seeks to provide a national platform for health and policy
programs that promote good practices and advocate for a supportive environment for the adoption,
implementation and expansion of harm reduction programs for people who use drugs (PWUDs) in
Uganda. Represents People Who Use Drugs and sex workers who use drugs in the African Key
Population expert working group coordinated by UNDP Regional Office, Sits on the Board of
Trustees for The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), Represents Key
Population on the National Technical Team for Key Population Coordinated by Ministry of Health
(MoH) in Uganda, Sits on the Regional Steering Committee for ARASA /ENDA Santé Africa
2. Regional Global Fund HIV Grant – Removing Legal Barriers (2015-2018), Chairs the Board of
Women Arise to Amplify Change (WAAC) a nonprofit organization found by former sex workers
to raise and educate orphaned children of sex workers and adolescents at high risk (i.e. out-of-school
girls) in Uganda. The organization seeks to provide direct support to the children in form of food,
shelter, clothing, medical care, education and skills training giving them an opportunity to become
healthy and productive members of the Society.
