Course 2: Planning your advocacy journey

Welcome to this Making Abortion Safe course on Planning your advocacy journey.

This course has been designed to help you identify the main barriers to safe abortion (SA) and post-abortion care (PAC) access in your context and develop a plan to address these barriers through advocacy.

When you have completed this course you will be able to:

• describe the most common barriers that healthcare providers (HCPs) face that prevent them from providing SA/PAC
• describe the prevailing opinions of your government, influencers and other influential members of society in relation to SA/PAC
• identify the barriers to SA/PAC that are most prominent in your context and be equipped with practical tips, tools and ideas to advocate to address these barriers
• identify the specific barriers to SA/PAC you want to address, and analyse them further
• define your aim and objectives
• identify who your key stakeholders are, the power they hold and how to influence them.