Gender Equality Strategy Impact Report: Empowering women, adolescent girls and communities towards healthy, full-term pregnancies and a healthy start for newborns

The Born on Time (BOT) Gender Equality Strategy Impact Report highlights the program’s work in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Mali. The report emphasizes the importance of addressing gender inequalities and power imbalances to improve maternal, newborn, and reproductive health outcomes and ultimately prevent preterm births. Through three main pillars—empowering women and adolescent girls, engaging men and boys as active partners for change, and engendering newborn and reproductive health services—BOT works to transform discriminatory social norms, strengthen health systems, and create supportive environments. The report includes stories of change, statistical data, and lessons learned, showcasing the program’s successes and challenges in achieving its goals.