What does ‘quality’ mean at the intersection of HCD & ASRH work? How can we ensure quality throughout the design and implementation stages of these programmes? The HCDExchange Quality and Standards Working Group, chaired by HCDExchange partner YLabs, is working together to develop quality standards for applying design methods and mindset to ASRH programming. It […]
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How Human-Centered Design can foster meaningful youth engagement
Human-centred design (HCD) can be a strong catalyst for accelerating meaningful youth engagement through its emphasis on placing the motivations and needs of users, in this case, young people, at the centre.
Community call learning summary: Youth Integration in HCD+ASRH
In this community call, we brought together the Community of Practice to explore the question, how might we create space to have youth and their communities co-lead and co-design the sexual and reproductive health programmes that are meant for them?
Announcing the inaugural HCDExchange Design Fellows
We are pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of the HCDExchange Design Fellows!
Research consultant: landscape analysis on the integration of ASRH and Human-Centered Design
HCDExchange is seeking a consultant to work closely with HCDExchange Secretariat to provide qualitative research support for three landscape analyses focusing on the integration of HCD and ASRH
Community call summary: generating adolescent insights for ASRH using HCD
On this call, we explored the question: how might human-centred design facilitate the process of gathering and using informative insights from youth?
Looking back at 2020: how we collaborated with the HCD+ASRH community
HCDExchange director MaqC Eric Gitau reflects on the highlights of building and learning with the Community of Practice in 2020, and what HCDExchange has in store for 2021.
Community Call 3: Reflections, Discussions and Learning Questions on HCD+ASRH
Our final community call for the year was a reflection on our work in 2020, and an introduction to some of the HCDExchange’s priorities for 2021.
The HCDExchange community strategy: for an emerging HCD+ASRH field
The HCDExchange community strategy, co-developed in consultation with the Community of Practice over four months in 2020, articulates the vision and roadmap towards building a learning community around the application of HCD in ASRH.
Designing our ideal community: insights from the first HCDExchange community call
Through a vibrant collaborative writing exercise and facilitated discussion, community members gave input into their aspirations for how they would like to see the HCDExchange community of practice support the HCD+ASRH ecosystem.