Tropical Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique on March 14 leaving hundreds dead, thousands of homes destroyed and almost two million people impacted. Weeks after Idai hit, thousands of people remain in internal displacement camps. Cyclone Idai is considered one of the most devastating tropical cyclones to have hit Africa to date,...
Despite the rise of ultra-conservatism and populism in Europe driving a backlash on women’s reproductive safety and care, policies and funding for global development and SRH/FP were solidified and championed in many global fora. Countdown 2030 Europe analysis concluded that ten out of twelve key European donor countries sustained or...
By Riikka Kaukoranta, Väestöliitto (C2030E Finnish partner) Inhabitants of the island in Vanuatu who have been forced to evacuate their homes in the wake of a volcano eruption are still facing uncertainty. Humanitarian response efforts have included pregnancy and delivery support, contraceptives such as condoms, injectables, implants and emergency contraceptives,...
Countdown 2030 Europe welcomes the €12.5 million increase in the EU’s 2018 budget line dedicated to human development under the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI). This budget line includes funds for sexual and reproductive health and rights, family planning, child and maternal health, youth empowerment and gender equality. The budget currently...
Realising Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3 and 5, including universal access to sexual and reproductive health, is key for sustainable development and a pre-requisite for progress on all other SDGs. These two SDGs, which are inherently and strongly connected, were under thematic review in 2017 and therefore at the centre...