Our past programmes
Rutgers has an extensive track record of programmes in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as lead or as part of effective alliances. Learn more about our past international programmes.
Visit the Programmes section to view our current portfolio.
Below is a list of our past international programmes, with links to further information and resources.
Right Here, Right Now (2016-2020)
From 2016 to 2020, Right Here Right Now worked towards a clear vision: a world where all young people can access quality, youth-friendly health services—and feel free to express who they are and who they love without fear.
Across three continents, eleven platforms, and with the leadership and energy of more than 1,600 young people, the programme drove meaningful change.
Read more about the Right Here, Right Now programme (2016-2020).
Get Up, Speak Out
From 2016 to 2020, Get Up, Speak Out for Youth Rights! (GUSO) brought together partners across seven countries in Africa and Asia, with support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to advance young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
Working closely with young people—especially girls and young women—the programme focused on improving access to SRHR information and education, increasing the use of quality, youth-friendly services, and fostering more supportive environments around young people’s sexuality.
Read more about the Get up, Speak out programme.
Prevention+
From 2016 to 2020, Prevention+ worked towards a world where healthy, respectful, and equal relationships are the norm.
Across Indonesia, Rwanda, Uganda, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, and Palestine, the programme engaged men to address the root causes of gender-based violence—tackling the social, economic, cultural, and religious factors that shape attitudes and behaviours.
In partnership with MenEngage Alliance, Equimundo, and Sonke Gender Justice, Prevention+ contributed to shifting norms and supporting more equitable relationships.
Watch this video to learn more about Prevention+.
Hello, I am
Early marriage and teenage pregnancy limit girls’ rights, affect their health, and often lead to them leaving school.
From 2017 to 2020, Hello, I Am worked with young people in Bangladesh to challenge harmful social norms and strengthen their role in decisions about their own futures.
With funding from the IKEA Foundation, Rutgers provided technical assistance on project implementation and research alongside Reproductive Health Services Training and Education Program, Dushthya Shashthya Kendra, Population Services and Training Center and BBC Media Action.
Learn more about Hello I am resources and changemaker stories.
Yes I Do
Yes I Do (2016-20) sought a future for girls, and their communities and countries, without the debilitating, poverty-inducing impacts of child marriage, female genital mutilation and unintended teen pregnancies.
The programme – which ran in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Indonesia – was supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was coordinated by Plan Nederland. Amref Flying Doctors, Choice for Youth and Sexuality and KIT Royal Tropical Institute joined Rutgers as partners.
Check out our Hello I Do stories of change and resources.
Forced Migration & SRHR
Drawing on Rutgers’ wide experience in fragile settings and our refugee work in the Netherlands, the Forced Migration & SRHR programme worked to embed and mainstream sexual reproductive health and rights into humanitarian settings and programmes, for young people, women and men.
Menyumenyeshe
From 2016 to 2020, the Menyumenyeshe Joint Programme in Burundi worked to improve adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health through schools, communities, and health centres.
Over four years, the programme reached more than 420,000 young people with sexuality education—both in and out of school—and engaged a further 1.1 million people through online campaigns and messaging.
Rutgers provided technical support on sexual reproductive health and rights and comprehensive sexuality education and coordinated planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning. Our partners were CARE, Cordaid and UNFPA.
U-Decide
U-Decide supported and involved young people in sexual reproductive health and rights in Uganda and Malawi between 2016-18, ensuring adolescents in remote areas had access to contraception and sexual health services suited to their needs.
Our partners on U-Decide were Dioraphte, Family Planning Association Malawi, Reach a Hand Uganda and Reproductive Health Uganda.
Youth Encouragement Project
Between 2013 and 2020, this programme worked to improve access to high-quality contraception and sexual and reproductive health services for young people in remote areas of Uganda.
Delivered in two phases, the programme focused on expanding availability and strengthening the quality of services for underserved communities, in close collaboration with Reproductive Health Uganda.
The Sensoa Flag System
The Sensoa Flag System©, developed by Rutgers, is an evidence-based tool for assessing sexual behaviour among children and young people aged 0–18.
It helps professionals understand and discuss sexuality, boundaries, consent, and different forms of sexual behaviour by making them visible and easier to talk about in a structured way.