Some programs are designed to soley focus on Adolescent girls and young women hence the boys and young men miss out as it does not accomodate them.

Staff have no knowledge in gender sensitive services due to lack of training.

Disintergration of support services for victims of GBV.

Religious beliefs and socio-cultural practices affecting service delivery and utilization of SRHR.

Sensitization and capacity building in gender sensitive services of service providers.

Advocacy for policy inclusion and sensitization via media campaigns (main stream and social media).

Collaboration amongest various stakeholders and implementing partners for example: parents and caregiver meetings, community outreaches and dialogues.

Monthly cordination review meetings with implementing partners and stakeholders .

Supportive National policies and guidelines - constitutional commitments / National reproductive health policy.

Trained and gender-sensitive health care workers - aspects such as respectful maternity care /health care workers trained in patients rights.

Increasing community engagement and male involvement initiatives
Programs that actively engage men, community leaders, and gatekeepers help address harmful gender norms and support women’s access to SRH services.

Harmful gender norms and socio-cultural practices - as much as policies and guidelines exist - their implementation varies -thus creating loopholes for deeply entreched norms,stigma and power imbalances in various set ups.

Weak gender-disaggregated data and monitoring systems
Lack of routine collection and use of sex- and age-disaggregated data hampers identification of gender gaps and targeted interventions.

Resource Constraints and Competing Health Priorities
Limited funding, staffing shortages, and high workload often deprioritize gender integration within already stretched SRH programs.