{"id":11036,"date":"2016-02-11T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/?p=11036"},"modified":"2016-02-11T12:30:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T17:30:14","slug":"pathfinder-international-practicum-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/2016\/02\/11\/pathfinder-international-practicum-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathfinder International Practicum Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL- PRACTICUM OPPORTUNITY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/em><\/strong> Watertown, MA
\nDuration:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Spring, 2016
\nHours:<\/em><\/strong> 10-15 hours a week<\/p>\n

Student qualifications:
\n<\/em><\/strong>History or background in sexual and reproductive health
\nInterest in women\u2019s rights and social justice
\nStrong research and analytical skills<\/p>\n

Project title: Abortion in India, the disconnect between policy and practice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project description<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Abortion in India is legally unrestricted, however women are too often unable to access safe, rights-based, comprehensive abortion services; so unsafe abortion and related deaths and morbidity are still\u00a0 high especially among the poor and young. Some contributing factors\u00a0 include \u00a0\u00a0sub-standard services in the public sector in particular (both clinical quality and quality as perceived by the women), but also the private sector, that is somehow related to stigma around abortion,\u00a0 lack of clarity around the law and abortion rights, and absence of political will.<\/p>\n

Some steps have been taken by government, including, to an extent, bringing services down to the PHC level and expanding medical abortion in some places.\u00a0\u00a0 But the continuing problems in services provided to women, as well as the unknown and untold number of women who never reach a facility or show up in a data bank need, to be addressed.\u00a0 \u00a0The project will build on the 2014 literature review conducted by the Guttmacher Institute which began to explain the barriers and start to point to solutions.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The task is to conduct a situational analysis of the state of abortion in India as a whole, and then focus on one state, most likely in the North, to assess the barriers and opportunities for significantly changing this situation for women as a model for other states.\u00a0 The inquiry will look at policy, service delivery and community barriers to access and quality.\u00a0\u00a0 The intern will\u00a0 work with the Pathfinder Country Team in India and the Senior Advisor for Women\u2019s Health and Rights at Pathfinder International in Watertown,\u00a0 and. Regarding policy, the intern can use \u00a0the Pathfinder Straight to the Point Tool \u201cAbortion Policy Scan for advocacy\u201d<\/a> and \u00a0walk through the advocacy process,\u00a0 gain country level policy expertise on abortion, as well as have the opportunity to work with \u00a0\u00a0abortion advocates and practitioners\u00a0 to reduce high maternal mortality and morbidity from unsafe abortion in India.<\/p>\n

In addition to abortion, and continuing the focus on neglected areas of women\u2019s health and rights, the Pathfinder India Country team is looking for opportunities to address cervical cancer prevention in India. \u00a0\u00a0A parallel inquiry is needed to gain better understanding of the extent of the disease, the lack of programs and services, and how and where Pathfinder could intervene most effectively.<\/p>\n

For both, we would be looking for strategies to address information needs and behavior change, like mHealth, to build demand for services as well as to make sure improved, quality services were available to women, especially the poor and young.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, opportunity is without financial compensation.\u00a0 Interested students can apply by sending a cover letter and their r\u00e9sum\u00e9 or CV to:<\/p>\n

Ellen Israel, Senior Advisor for Women\u2019s Health and Rights, via:<\/p>\n

eisrael@pathfinder.org<\/a>\u00a0 with a cc to:<\/p>\n

Justin Maly, MPH, Technical Advisor, mHealth, via:
\nEmail: jmaly@pathfinder.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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