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PEER is a specialism of
developed in collaboration with academics at Swansea University
PEER case studies
 
We are currently undertaking work in the following areas:
  • Guatemala: The PEER unit is working with PSI/PASMO to gain a better understanding of sexual behaviour, HIV risk perception and attitudes towards family planning among indigenous communities near Guatemala city.
  • UK: In the first study of its kind in the UK, the PEER unit is conducting PEER with women from London’s Somali, Ethiopian and Sudanese communities, to investigate attitudes towards female genital mutilation (FGM) and identity, and how women from these communities perceive health services in the UK. Results will inform a new national strategy on FGM and related support services for women and girls affected by FGM.
  • Rwanda: The PEER Unit supported PSI Rwanda using the PEER approach to develop an in-depth understanding of how gender norms affect family planning and reproductive health decision making among young married couples, to inform the design of gender sensitive family planning and reproductive health programmes and policies.


Nepal 2003 - Present
 
Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP) and Support to the Safe Motherhood Programme (SSMP)
 
Laos People's Democratic Republic 2008
 
UNFPA 2008
 
Trinidad 2008
 
PSI Caribbean local affiliate, Society for Family Health (SFH), 2008
 
Ethiopia 2008
 
Marie Stopes International Ethiopia, 2008