Ipas Development Foundation (IDF), in line with its continuing focus on improving young women’s SRH care and services, commissioned a community-based research study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls and young women (15-24 years). A cross-sectional community research was implemented during November-December 2020 in three IDF program states – Assam, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh to assess the ground reality in terms of accessing women’s experience of accessing SRH information and services and identifying gaps and unfulfilled needs for restoration of these services. The broad aim of this study was to generate evidence from the community on the impact of COVID-19 on SRH services for women and develop contextual need-based community outreach strategies and to get the broad aspects for community intermediaries (ASHAs) in terms of their perspective of service utilization by the community and how its has been impacted by the pandemic and shift in their priorities towards COVID-19.

Generating evidence for rebuilding SRH services for women and girls in India: A cross-sectional study to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls. Ipas Development Foundation. 2021.