1. Standardization and implementation of clinical protocols for safe motherhood
2. Development of national service guidelines for family planning services
3. Establishment of mother-friendly hospital
4. Development of a cadre of behvarz-midwives to improve trained birth attendance in selected area
5. Identifying the role of various stakeholders in financing and procurement of contraceptives
6. Support operations researches in expanding the choice of contraceptives
7. Strengthening the capacity of the RH logistics management system
8. Review and revision of the reproductive health management information system
9. Increase of availability of RH services for men
10. Integration of GBV services into the health facilities in pilot centers
11. Provision of services for selected RH morbidities in pilot centers

• Ministry of Health and Medical Education
• National youth organization
• Ministry of Education
• Literacy movement organization
• Family planning association of Iran

1. Develop a comprehensive national adolescent and youth RH strategy
2. Develop the skills of a group of trainers to be master trainers for reproductive health and life skills education
3.  Develop a group of counsellors (either from the existing system of school teachers or a new recruitment based on defined selection criteria) for covering 5 schools to provide counselling services
4. Create a cadre of counsellors at university level to meet the RH counselling needs of university student
5. Sensitize parents to the needs of adolescents and youth through regular workshops in which the counsellors and teachers involved in RH education and counselling participate
6. Provide assistance to the Literacy Movement Organisation for specifically providing RH and life skills education to adolescents and youth out of school/college in selected districts
7. Develop a group of peer educators and counsellors selected from NGOs, especially youth NGOs and organisations, to educate and counsel adolescents/youth out of school/college
8. Develop pilot projects to provide information to adolescents and youth through hotline or internet
9. Advocate to policy planners, health systems managers, local leaders for provision of RH services through primary health care system
10. Pilot test provision of RH services for adolescents and youth in the primary health care facilities in selected districts

• Ministry of Health and Medical Education (Centre for Diseases Control- in charge of the national AIDS programme)
• Ministry of Welfare

1. Promote advocacy and policy dialogue on sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS with key decision makers, policy makers, community and religious leaders
2.  Support behavioural surveillance system with focus on young people and women
3. Support socio-cultural studies to access hard-to-reach high-risk behaviour groups in order to guide the development of interventions on HIV prevention
4. Ensure availability of condom by ensuring that the forecasting for condom requirements include condoms for prevention of sexually transmitted and HIV infections
5.  Support the MOHME's pilot integration of HIV voluntary counseling and services within primary healthcare services
6. Train private sector providers in diagnosis, management surveillance of sexually transmitted infections
7. Provision of Women-Friendly Services (HIV voluntary counseling and services, management of sexually transmitted infections, and provision of condoms) through Ministry of Welfare crisis intervention and rehabilitation centres

1. Development of a network of institutions active in advocacy for RH, ARH, RR and gender
2. Conduct of advocacy activities on RH and ARH, RR, and gender among policy makers, parliamentarians, decision makers, and media.
3. Conduct of advocacy activities on RH, RR and gender among religious leaders in selected remote districts.
4. Conduct of public awareness campaigns utilizing interpersonal and mass media communication on themes identified
5. Sensitization of men on RH, Gender and RR.
6. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the project approaches

The aim of the output is to ensure that Iran has a nation-wide capacity to prepare for and respond to natural and man-made disasters, especially where RH is concerned, in a rational, well managed and coordinated fashion that keeps human damage to a minimum and facilitates rapid return to normal reproductive health and social functioning.

• Preparation of National RH in Emergencies Plan of Action (NRHEPA) that can be referred to by all relevant partners to guide preparedness and response to natural and man
• made disasters
• Preparation of protocols and guidelines that cover all relevant aspects of RH response
• Training of Rapid-Response Teams (RRT) of RH-related specialists
• Equipping of the Rapid Response Teams (RRT)
• Distribution of protocols and training the hospital, PHC and all other relevant health-related staff who are involved on RH in emergencies
• Establishment of a centre with a capability of developing a "living" database on RH and other health aspects of disasters, data analysis, training and policy evaluation.
•  Stockpiling of RH materials and commodities.

Improved production and utilization of data disaggregated by gender, age and geographical location

• Engendering of the population & housing census data of 2006, and engendering of surveys
• Unification of Data System through strengthening technical capacity of Statistical Units of various sectoral ministries in data collection and analysis
• Develop and institutionalize coordination in data collection .
• Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration Organization (CRO) in Collection and Analysis of Civil and Vital Registration Data

Promotion of Research and Training in Population and Development

• Human Resource Development
• Support Policy Research in the broad area of population and sustainable development
• Improving Teaching and Research Facilities
• Enhancing Professional Capacity of Population Association of Iran
• Networking between local, regional and global research institutions to share experiences and best practices

1. Centre for gender studies, U. of Welfare Sciences
2. Centre for women’s participation

To strengthen capacities for the rule of law and to strengthen institutions responsible for national management systems

1.  Develop network of institutions – government, civil society, academic/professional institutions – to advocate and address issues of gender-based violence
2. Train a core group of trainers on advocacy and technical skills in planning for and delivering services in connection with gender-based violence
3. Bring together the existing information/data on gender-based violence from different sources
4. Strengthening Centre for Women’s Participation role in monitoring and evaluation of gender-based violence
5.  Review of religious doctrines as well as civil laws/regulations in terms of how they address gender-based violence
6.  Development of advocacy materials aimed at (1) policymakers/lawmakers and (2) the general public
7.  Conduct sensitization seminars/workshop for (1) religious figures, (2) politicians and parliamentarians, and (3) the media (written and broadcast)