SDG17-3 Evidence 2

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

• “OPPORTUNITIES FOR SYRIAN YOUTH IN ISTANBUL: A Labor Market Assessment” report, Betam and International Youth Foundation - 2018
• *Below you may find the research activities and international projects that are done by the academics of the Department of the  Political Science and International Relations of BAU that are related with the sustainable development goals.

1. Evaluation of the Performance of Female Health and Reproductive Health Programs

The National Study Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Esmer

The implementation and impact evaluation of the Willows International’s Reproductive Health Programs in Ghana, Pakistan, Tanzania and Turkey is a multi-component study led Department of Global Health and Population in the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA. The study is being conducted in collaboration with the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) at the University of Ghana, the Aga Khan University in Pakistan, the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Tanzania, and Bahçeşehir University in Turkey.

The study aims to:

-Measure the effects of the Willows program on contraceptive use over time.

-Investigate how the impact of the Willows program varies across different communities and subgroups of women.

-Measure how the Willows program affects equity in access to reproductive health services, especially fertility regulation services.

-Assess the effectiveness of the Willows intervention in increasing women’s knowledge of, access to, and use of locally-based reproductive healthcare services.

-Produce estimates of the cost per client served and cost per new contraceptive user that can be linked to the Willows program.

-Data from this study will provide evidence on the impact of an intervention dedicated to generate and meet demand for fertility regulation.