Bulletin Trimestriel Octobre -Décembre 2023

Chers lecteurs, nous sommes heureux de vous retrouver pour le dernier bulletin d’information de l’année 2023. Ce dernier trimestre a été très riche en évènements d’apprentissage, et de réseautage. Un accent particulier a été mis sur les 16 jours d’activisme contre les violences faites aux femmes. Rappelez-vous, le 19 novembre, les Burundais apprenaient sur X (ancien Twitter), la mort de Kelsey Iteriteka une fille de cinq ans violée puis étranglée à Buterere, au nord de Bujumbura. Share-Net a insisté sur l’engagement de toute personne dans la lutte contre les violences basées sur le genre.

Dans le but de disséminer les connaissances, un Space sur les violences psychologiques, leurs signes et symptômes et comment le prévenir a totalisé plus de 600 écoutes. Précédent la tenue de la réunion Annuel des membres, Share-Net Burundi a organisé une table-ronde sur l’Engagement des hommes dans la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes.

Début décembre, Share-Net Burundi a eu le privilège d’héberger une rencontre entre Peter Derrek Hof, directeur du développement social et ambassadeur des droits de la femme et de l’égalité des genres au sein du Ministère des Affaires étrangères du Royaume des Pays-Bas, l’Ambassadeur des Pays-Bas au Burundi  Amb. Lianne Houben et les organisations réunies au sein de #SRHRSolutions. Les objectifs de la visite sont à retrouver dans ce bulletin.

Le 15 décembre, Share-Net Burundi a tenu sa réunion annuelle des membres. La rencontre a été une occasion d’échanger sur les meilleurs pratiques en matière de la SDSR et de parler des perspectives pour l’année 2024.

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Girls in Uganda become SDG “ambassadors,” fight teen pregnancy with poetry

KAMPALA, Uganda – Talking about sexual and reproductive health is not easy, especially in the conservative corners of Uganda. But the girls of Buddo Secondary School found a powerful way to address the issue: poetry.

“Plan your family to fend off poverty / To enhance your savings / To feed with quality / To take your children / To schools of quality,” they recited at the launch of a youth festival that drew thousands of students from across the country.

The Music, Dance and Drama Festival is an annual arts competition, where students showcase traditional dances, songs, poetry and speeches at events held all over Uganda. This year’s festival focused on empowering youth to help Uganda achieve its development goals. UNFPA, which supported the festival, introduced teenage pregnancy and child marriage as additional themes to cover through the arts.

Helping girls finish school, find decent work and fulfil their potential are key ways to help whole communities and countries rise out of poverty.

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Pregnancy history and current use of contraception among women of reproductive age in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

 

Bakibinga P, Matanda DJ, Ayiko R, et al. Pregnancy history and current use of contraception among women of reproductive age in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda: analysis of demographic and health survey data. BMJ Open (2016): 6:e009991.doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009991

Find article PDF here: Pregnancy history and contraception use

Abstract

Objective: To examine the relationship between pregnancy history and the use of contraception among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) in East Africa.

Methods: Demographic and Health Surveys data from Burundi (2010), Kenya (2008–2009), Rwanda (2010), Tanzania (2010) and Uganda (2011) were used in the analysis. Logistic regression was used to determine the effects of women’s pregnancy history on their use of contraception.

Setting: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Participants: 3226, 2377, 4396, 3250 and 2596 women of reproductive age (15–49 years) from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, respectively, were included in the analysis.

Results: Women who had experienced a mistimed pregnancy were more likely to use a modern contraceptive method during their most recent sexual encounter in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda. Other significant correlates of women’s contraceptive use were: desire for more children, parity, household wealth, maternal education and access information through radio. In-country regional differences on use of modern contraceptive methods were noted across five East African countries.

Conclusions: Women’s birth histories were significantly associated with their decision to adopt a modern contraceptive method. This highlights the importance of considering women’s birth histories, especially women with mistimed births, in the promotion of contraceptive use in East Africa. Variations as a result of place of residency, educational attainment, access to family planning information and products, and wealth ought to be addressed in efforts to increase use of modern contraceptive methods in the East African region.