Description of Activities:

1)Deployment of one independent psychosocial support specialist to the Zabadani Shelter for Battered Women, Syrian Arab Red Crescent Caritas, Association for Women’s Role Development, and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd hat run shelters to provide the necessary psychosocial support services, and referrals when needed, specifically to Iraqi women on a scheduled basis;

2)Deployment of one independent RH specialist to the he Zabadani Shelter for Battered women, Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Caritas, Association for Women’s Role Development, and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd that run shelters to secure the necessary direct RH related care to the victims of SGBV on a scheduled basis;

3)Provision of 8 RH kits # 3 (containing emergency contraception, pregnancy test, and supplies for presumptive treatment for STIs and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent HIV infection), 8 RH kits# 4 (oral & injectable contraceptives), 8 RH kits # 5 (containing supplies for the treatment of STIs) and 8 RH kits # 9 (designed to manage the consequences of sexual violence at the referral level facilities);

4)Provide the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Zabadani Shelter for Battered Women Caritas, Association for Women’s Role Development, and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd that run shelters providing services to Iraqis, with 8000 hygiene kits to be distributed among Iraqi women. 

Partners: Ministry of Health, Zabadani Women Center and NGOs providing services to Iraqi women 

Target Recipient: Iraqi women residing in Syria 

Additional Information/Comments: The project duration: 1 October 2008 to 30 June 2009 

Contact: lmousa@unfpa.org, bakhtior@unfpa.org