The Institute for Family Health (IFH) provides lifesaving sexual and reproductive health care to women and girls across Jordan. We’re collecting signatures from our top supporters to show our gratitude for their work this holiday season.
USA for UNFPA recently featured the Institute for Family Health (IFH) as our honored 2024 Implementing Partner.
The award was accepted by Esraa Shakboua, who is a specialist on violence against women and girls and has spent more than 14 years reaching survivors of violence with critical support. Esraa and her colleagues provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care across Jordan, including to the country’s 4.2 million refugees.
Our team visited IFH’s clinic in Amman, Jordan earlier this year. The clinic provides truly comprehensive care. In addition to prenatal care and family planning counseling, they also have eye exams, hearing exams, vaccinations, a playground and childcare for kids while their moms are seeing the doctor, educational sessions for girls about periods, child marriage, and development, violence screenings, counseling sessions, and group therapy for survivors.
Esraa translating for us during a girl's educational session on menstruation.
In Jordan, it is taboo to speak openly about periods or women/girls' bodies and it's extreme enough that girls often lack the language to ask about what periods are and what to expect and where to get products to care for themselves. This session taught girls language they can use that won't be offensive and that will help them get the care they need. Period products are very expensive and difficult to obtain in Jordan because of the extreme stigma, so many women and girls, including Jordanian nationals, will go to the IFH clinic to get period products.
Your support doesn’t just deliver lifesaving resources like Dignity Kits to those who need it most — your support also powers the work of our partners on the ground, like Esraa at IFH, as they reach women and girls surviving the unimaginable.
In the spirit of the season, I’m personally asking you to sign our holiday card and show our partners how thankful we are for their commitment to delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every woman and girl can reach her fullest potential.
Will you sign on to our holiday card to show your thanks?
No matter what you celebrate this time of year — or if you celebrate anything at all — I hope December is a time of peace and joy for you and your loved ones.
Sincerely,
Anu Surendran
Chief Executive Officer
USA for UNFPA
