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...
European Week of Action for Girls provides a unique opportunity to bring girls’ rights to the forefront of the EU agenda. This year, European Week of Action partners put the spotlight on what needs to be done to overcome the barriers faced by girls all around the world, and to...
Did you know that access to family planning for ONE girl for ONE year only costs the same amount as a Kivi candle Holder in Finland or a bike pump in the Netherlands? For a mere €17.50, a girl could have complete access to information and family planning services for...
By Sophie, SRH youth champion By the time I had left secondary school at the age of 13, ten of my friends had become pregnant. As time went by, many of my friends had dropped out of school because of pregnancy. Although we have a re-entry policy for pregnant girls...
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...