Ambassador of Canada to Morocco Nell Stewart reiterated, on Thursday at the Kasbah outpatient treatment center in Marrakech, the support of her country for the Pan-African Organization against AIDS (OPALS-Morocco) in terms of reproductive health and the fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
“Canada is renewing its support for OPALS’ work in promoting sexual and reproductive health rights for the most vulnerable and young people,” the diplomat said in a statement to the press, on the sidelines of an open door event held by OPALS-Morocco.
“This partnership is a way for Canada to promote sexual and reproductive health rights, one of the priorities of its feminist international aid policy,” Stewart noted.
She recalled the multidimensional nature of sexual and reproductive health rights and the need to approach them from a gender equality perspective to reduce (if not eliminate) all forms of discrimination and exclusion.
She hailed Moroccan civil society’s dynamism which “is a force of support for disadvantaged populations in matters of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
President of OPALS-Morocco, Dr. Nadia Bezad thanked the various partners of the project “Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Women and Girls and Gender Equality in Morocco”, implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Canada.
“Our aim is to improve access to contraception for the most vulnerable women and to promote sexual and reproductive health in the media,” Dr. Bezad explained.
The program also intends to implement the “Self-Care” concept to provide access to health services for all, particularly underprivileged populations, she added.
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