My Body My Rights

The My Body My Rights programme is a an integrated community based outreach programme on family planning (FP) run by Village Health Teams (VHTs)  alongside a mobile app service using a (USSD) which gives rural women in Uganda access to information about family planning methods from their mobile phone. In these communities women often lack the ability to make informed decisions about their bodies with 63% having had a baby by age 20.   1 in 4 girls in Uganda (15-19 years) are either pregnant or have already had their first child (Plan international). This integrated innovation empowers women and girls with knowledge of the use and the benefits of family planning giving them control over their bodies.