Live-saving reproductive health  and gender-based violence prevention and response interventions for South Sudanese Refugees in South and West Kordufan and in East Darfur UNFPA  will support the most immediate GBV prevention and response services and life-saving reproductive health interventions for South Sudanese refugees in the SHF prioritized localities in East Darfur (Abu Jabra, El Ferdous and Bahr El Arba/Kario), South Kordufan (Abu Jubaiha), and West Kordufan (Kailak) focusing on the reproductive health needs of women and girls of reproductive age and the GBV prevention and response of the most vulnerable South Sudanese (predominantly women and girls in female headed households, with disabilities, and survivors of GBV). UNFPA will ensure complementarity and integration between RH and GBV interventions in the selected localities. The proposed project will focus on existing interventions in the field to the extent possible, enhancing GBV referral pathways, and training of services providers, strengthening of community protection networks as well as distribution of PHKs for women and girls at reproductive age.

Specifically, interventions will focus on
(1) Reproductive health interventions:
 Support minor rehabilitation for obstetric referrals to maternity ward (Aldein hospital, ED) (100 cases referred from refugee population and 200 host community members delivering in the hospital)
 Procurement and distribution of emergency RH Kits with medical supplies, drugs and equipment for use at community level, primary health care level, and referral hospital level (estimated 3,820 women and girls of reproductive age who will be pregnant during period 12 months)
 Support 3 safe motherhood campaigns (ED) (total of 450)
 Support referral of obstetric emergency cases from target localities within ED (100 cases from Kario, Abu Jabra, and Al Ferdous), SK (40 cases from Abu Jubaiha) and WK (40 cases from Keilak) to respective referral hospitals. 
 Support two trainings on safe motherhood protocols for 30 Health Care Providers in ED (Kario, Abu Jabra, and Al Ferdous) and 30 Health Care Providers from SK (Abu Jubaiha) and WK (Keilak) (60 health care providers trained)
 Organize 2 training on Clinical Management of Rape (CMR) for health service providers targeting 20 participants in ED and 20 participants in SK (Abu Jubaiha). (40 health care providers trained)

(2) Prevention of and response to GBV 
 Support two community protection network ( 1 in ED / Al Ferdous and 1 in SK / Abu Jubeiha) (50 CPN members trained 800 community members reached)
 Procurement and distribution of personal hygiene/dignity kits (2,100 PHKs)
 Conduct 6 community awareness workshops on gender equality and root causes of GBV targeting a total of 180 refugee population and host community members per training (2 in ED, 2 in SK, and 2 in WK) (180 community members reached)
 Conduct 3 training on psychosocial support and referral pathway for service providers in ED, SK and WK targeting 20 participants in each training. (60 psycho-social service providers trained each reaching 50 persons in need of support equivalent to total of 3,000)

Service delivery and training activities will be implemented through NGOs with a strong field presence in the target localities and comparative technical advantage, specifically: East Darfur (Global Aid Hand and NIDO), South Kordofan (Mobadiroon and Sudanese Red Crescent Society), and West Kordofan (Mobadiroon and Sudanese Red Crescent Society). Given the high number of women and children among the refugee population, the project will aim to also reach out to younger women of reproductive age/adolescent girls considering their needs are often most overlooked. The distribution of personal hygiene kits for women and girls of reproductive age will be integrated within the activities of women’s centers that will address general personal hygiene. The project will link RH and GBV interventions in so far as the GBV referral pathways builds on the availability of existing services including medical treatment of survivors (clinical management of rape).