About Our Regional Programs
In addition to our global advocacy and communications work, IWHC also collaborates closely with selected organizations and networks working on the ground in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. We provide moral, financial, and technical support, helping them to grow strategically as institutions and linking them with groups doing comparable work in other countries or regions. These groups—our regional colleagues—are the heart of our work, and it is their experiences and expertise that provide the basis for our understanding of women's and young people's realities worldwide. To learn more about our colleagues in each region, explore the sections below:

	In Africa, IWHC supports a diverse group of organizations in Nigeria and Cameroun that are providing services within their communities and advocating for change at the local, national, regional, and global levels. In Mozambique, we are participating in a special project on gender and advocacy in partnership with UNFPA. We also support two networks that span the African continent, and foster frequent cross-border collaborations among our colleagues working in different countries.
	In Asia and the Middle East, IWHC supports a select group of pivotal organizations and individuals whose groundbreaking work has the potential to advance women's rights and improve women's health across the region. Our colleagues are based in India, Indonesia, and Pakistan. In addition, we are supporting regional network and a special project on health sector reforms in Bangladesh that seeks to strengthen civil society's voice in policymaking around women's health.
	In Latin America, IWHC supports several organizations and networks in Brazil and Peru working to improve women's and young people's health at the community level and influence relevant policies at the country level. We also support select groups in other countries whose cutting-edge work has the potential to advance women's and young people's health and rights throughout the region. And we support four regional networks that coordinate wider work on women's health, sexual rights, safe abortion, and young people.
	In Central and Eastern Europe, IWHC supports ASTRA, a regional network for sexual and reproductive rights with member organizations in 15 countries, representing all of Eastern and Central Europe, except Estonia and Slovenia. ASTRA conducts trainings, workshops, and campaigns that draw attention to the health needs and human rights of women and young people, working to put reproductive and sexual health on the policy agenda in this region of political and economic transition.