AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
KEYWORDS
Sexual health, reproductive health, Unwanted pregnancy
COUNTRY
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
DESIGNED BY
Bahareh Shahriari
Interaction and Service designer
WEBSITE
http://www.baharshahriari.com/#/kandu/
Kandu
A mission to Increase public awareness of women aged 15-30 on the reproductive healthcare education.
Iranian girls do not have access to family planning information and services. Teenage
pregnancy rates are high, use of birth control methods is markedly
low, and abortions are illegal, the result are: unsafe abortions, wrong
version of "learning by doing". The 64 % of Iranian girls say they could not buy condom from pharmacies, for fear of being ridiculed by other shoppers as
prostitutes or immoral.
Kandu is a bridge that connects young women to professionals providers and expertise, integrating service into what women and teens already do, be more accessible and better adopted into the women behaviors. Based on an application platform, it provides honest and accurate
sexual health information.
The service helps connect the existing places such as hairdressers,
clinics and healthcare professionals.
The goal of the service is helping to transform relationships between patients and healthcare professionals for the better, while having easy access to the contraceptions.