Al-Quds University recognizes the vital importance of sexual and reproductive health services as a right and a necessary dimension of student wellbeing. We seek to provide a safe and informed environment in which students may be empowered to undertake and manage their reproductive health safely and unapologetically.
Our Commitment
Our health centers and community outreach programs provide students with confidential, free, and culturally competent reproductive health services and community programs, and we welcome students of all gender identities and backgrounds.
Services Offered
On-Campus Medical Consultations
University clinics provide private consultations with trained and experienced professionals in reproductive and sexual health services. These include counseling and care for contraception, assistance to manage menstrual health, STI screenings, and reproductive health counseling.
Health Education & Awareness Programs
In partnership with the Faculty of Public Health, we provide interactive workshops and lectures on:
- Contraceptive methods and safe practices
- STI Prevention & Screening
- Consent, healthy relationships, and bodily autonomy
- Menstrual health and hygiene
Youth-Friendly Health Campaigns
Every so often, we sponsor a health promotion campaign, focusing on a relevant health issue and providing supportive messaging and materials. Campaigns, such as “Reproductive Health Week,” provide resource booths, student-led Q&A sessions, and digital promotion materials. We strive to foster openness and diminish stigma around conversations regarding health.
Printed and Digital Resources
Teaching resources are developed in Arabic and English, ensuring inclusive and contextually relevant evidence-based resource materials that attend to the social realities of Palestinians.
Referral Pathways
Those students who need specialized care are referred to partner entity hospitals and NGOs who provide integrated reproductive health services.
Community Engagement
Al-Quds University students and faculty also teach and provide services in the underserved communities and focus on the strengthening of reproductive rights, maternal health, and the prevention of gender-based violence.
Al-Quds University is the first to provide comprehensive health services on campus and empowers students to take informed and supported health-related decisions.
Al-Quds University takes an comprehensive approach to heath care by incorporating sexual and reproductive health into the services we provide. Although we do not have a sexual and reproductive health center, services and initiatives are offered, and partnerships are drawn, to provide the services across our campuses.
One of the key ways we provide these services is through the Health Center on campus. Our Health Center is staffed by a comprehensive distribution of health care services’ providers and is therefore able to offer complete consultations on any sexual and reproductive health issue. Healthcare providers offer personalized, confidential, and respectful solutions to requests and questions from our clients concerning reproductive health ranging from family planning to prenatal care.
Providing education concerning sexual and reproductive health is pivotal to the approach we take. Hosting frequent guest speakers, and organizing seminars and workshops, trains and equips our students, personnel, and the community-at-large with the important knowledge on safe sex, reproductive rights, and so forth. Our conviction is on the fact that knowledge leads empowerment. Hence the aim of these programs is to offer knowledge, thus empowering the community.
In addition to our university’s own assignments, we work with other organizations to widen the range and impact of our services. Via these collaborations, we become involved in delivering not only direct health services, but also in creating awareness, breaking barriers, and fostering conversations about sexual and reproductive health.
At Al-Quds University, we remain committed to changing the lives of people in our community by meeting their health care needs. We keep our commitment to fostering a health and wellness focused environment, which is evident through the various sexual and reproductive health initiatives we have developed. Providing these services helps to instill a sense of responsibility in clients towards their health so they can effectively work and study.