19/12/2014 VHIR and Interarts present the results of a Project to ensure sexual and reproductive rights of immigrant population in Spain 19/12/2014 The iniciative is to improve equity in access and exercise of sexual reproductive rights Researchers from Vall d’Hebron Research Institut (VHIR) and the "https://barcelonaprosics.wordpress.com/prosics-barcelona/" Programa de Salut Internacional de l’Institut Català de la Salut (PROSICS) along with "http://www.interarts.net/ca/" Interarts, presented the results of the “Diagnosis of the access situation to sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) of migrant women of fertile age in Spain”, in the frameworks of the project DECIDES ESPAÑA. The aim of this initiative is to improve equity in access to and exercise of sexual and reproductive rights of young and women of migrant origin in Spain.During the presentation, Gemma Garreta, member of VHIR-PROSICS, exposed the main conclusions of the study: the need to involve men in issues of sexual and reproductive health, and not only women, the advisability of providing tools to health professionals to allow them to create a relation of empathy and trust with migrant women patients and the need to develop formative and outreach materials about sexual and reproductive health that integrate an equity point of view.In this regard, Jordi Gómez, doctor responsible of the Unit of tropical and international health at Vall d’Hebron, explained that “the study we carried out suggests that social determinants of migrant women are a key to understand their access to the health system regarding sexual and reproductive health”. This, according to Gómez, guides the development of the project, which works “improving the attention provided by healthcare professionals through training, as well as, in a second phase, raising awareness of population”.After presenting the results, the meeting closed with a round table conference, moderated by Hakima Ouaarab, from PROSICS-Vall d’Hebron.This project is co-funded by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area ( "http://eeagrants.org/" EEA Grants) which aims at contributing to the reduction of economic and social inequalities, and strengthening links between donor (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and beneficiary countries (17 EU Member States). The "http://www.plataformaong.org/en/index.php" Plataforma de ONG de Acción Social is the Operational Unit of the "http://www.plataformaong.org/ciudadaniaactiva/en/index.php" Programa de Ciudadanía Activa (Active Citizenship Programme) endowed with EUR 4.6 million to support the contribution of NGOs to social justice and sustainable development. Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Whatsapp