Sida / Sweden

Ipas works to improve women's and girls' sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) by improving their access to safe abortion and contraception. The organisation is technically strong and a well-respected actor with strong impact and extensive operations at global, regional and national level in about 30 countries. The initiative is central to achieving the expected results within the thematic strategy for Sweden's development cooperation on health and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) 2025–2029. They have proven to have strong impact and large scope globally and nationally. A central starting point for Ipas is that access to safe, legal abortion is critical for women’s and girls’ health, well­being, and is a fundamental human right which make their relevance for gener equality strong. Ipas is assessed to have a very good understanding of the environmental challenges the world is facing and have developed a strong environmental and climate impact analysis to identify opportunities for a positive impact from the contribution on the environment.

Bidra till delmålen inom Strategi för innovation, partnerskap och kapacitetsutveckling 2024-2028; Svensk tjänstgöring på strategiska positioner i internationella organisationer: 1) Stärkt svensk representation på strategiska positioner inom regeringens prioriterade tematiska och geografiska områden och organisationer (inklusive EU:s, FN:s och de multilaterala utvecklingsbankernas institutioner) bland annat genom sekonderingar. 2) Ökad användning och återföring av svensk kompetens och erfarenheter från det internationella utvecklingssamarbetet.

Sweden will support three activities addressing Objectives 1 and 2 over a one-year period, from July 2025 to June 2026 Output 1: National legal & policy frameworks are aligned with international standards on business and human rights Activity 1.1: Provide Technical and Advocacy support for national legal and policy frameworks aligned with international standards on BHR Activity 1.2: Facilitate Country-Level Participation at the Annual Global UN Forum on Business and Human Rights Output 2: Enhanced regional collaboration, advocacy and awareness raising to drive policy alignment and responsible business practice in Asia Activity 2.1: Convene the UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum Activity 2.2: Strengthen regional UN networks for joint innovation and engagement

The project aims to contribute to the overall goal "Climate change governance is strengthened for the effective development and implementation of gender inclusive climate policies to protect young people and especially the most marginalised, while also helping them to increase the scale of their climate actions". To achieve this overall goal, YECAP will focus of strengthening capacity and training oung change agents (e.g., youth-led local and regional civil society organizations) and bringing young people together with decision-makers. The project also aims to raise awareness among decision-makers to systematically include and support young people in all stages of decision-making processes.

The main objective of the contribution is to promote full respect for the human and labour rights of migrant workers within supply chains in Asia. A specific focus is given to women and migrants in situations of vulnerability. Central to the rationale of the MBHR Asia programme are the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and their "Protect, Respect and Remedy" framework and the programme outcomes are structured along this framework. PROTECT (Outcome 1): Improved labour migration governance that holds private sector actors accountable in protecting migrant workers' rights from a multi-sectoral, rights-based and gender-responsive approach. Output 1.1 Increased capacities and technical resources of national and subnational authorities and regional bodies in Asia in the design and implementation of policies related to labour migration governance, Responsible Business Conduct and the protection of migrant workers' rights in coordination with the private sector and the Civil Society Organisations Output 1.2 Increased availability of rights-based, gender-responsive and inclusive support and information services for migrant workers in coordination with Civil Society organizations, migrant networks and service providers. RESPECT (Outcome 2): Improved corporate due diligence practices of private sector entities that respect the rights of migrant workers across their entire supply chains and at all stages of labour migration. Output 2.1 Improved knowledge and tools of private sector entities in the implementation of human rights due diligence and ethical recruitment and employment standards. Output 2.2 Increased opportunities for private sector stakeholders to engage in dialogues and collective actions around the responsible and transparent management of labour migration processes and the development of industry-led advocacy initiatives. REMEDY (Outcome 3): Enhanced access for migrant workers to effective and gender-sensitive state justice and corporate grievance and remediation mechanisms. Output 3.1 Improved knowledge and tools of state actors and the private sector in the implementation of grievance mechanisms and the effective remediation of rights violations and abuses experienced by migrant workers. Output 3.2 Increased capacities and resources of civil society, migrant-driven organizations and trade unions in advancing migrant workers´ access to state-based justice and corporate grievance mechanisms.

Guttmacher Institute (GI) has been a solid and trusted partner of Sida. The last agreement between Sida and GI ended in 2018 and was highly successful resulting in the Guttmacher Lancet Commission (GLC) and its expanded SRHR-definition and identification of a comprehensive package of services and interventions, which has become widely recognised and appreciated. The main intention and objectives of this contribution is to continue the work that was started with the GLC, i.e. advocating for a comprehensive approach to SRHR. However, with a specific focus on 'neglected areas' of SRHR such as safe abortion, infertility/ fertility, reproductive cancers and GBV. Advocacy will target global processes including declarations and statements at the UN, but also advocacy at the regional and national level for the adoption of the GLC definition and intervention package into national plans and strategies, particularly in the framework of UHC. The contribution supports the institute's work on Global Advocacy with the primary focus on furthering the advocacy work of the GLC and to more efficiently translate research findings into advocacy and policy at global, regional and national levels in close partnership with organizations active in the respective countries and regions. The Sida contribution to Guttmacher is therefore called the Global Policy Project and has the following project goal, outcomes and objectives: Consistent with the GLC, this projects ultimate goal is broad and inclusive and based in human rights principles. Through this project GI will seek to advance the Commissions vision of a world in which all people are able to achieve sexual and reproductive health and realize their sexual and reproductive rights. GI will do so by advocating for the GLC's comprehensive and inclusive vision for SRHR that recognizes the human rights of all individuals, including those from vulnerable or stigmatized populations and communities, as well as by promoting progressive inclusion of the GLCs holistic vision for SRHR in UHC. Objective 1: Advocate globally for the adoption of the GLC comprehensive definition of SRHR and essential package of interventions by producing evidence-based advocacy materials and providing technical support and expertise to Member States and multilateral institutions; and Objective 2: Promote progressive inclusion of the GLC essential package of interventions with particular attention to UHC planning, adoption and implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America focusing on selected chronically neglected interventions. Across both objectives, GI will work with global and regional organizations and several focus countries to seize policy opportunities for the advancement of SRHR. To inform this work, GI will use evidence from a range of sources including findings and recommendations in the Commissions report, Guttmacher-published research, as well as other relevant evidence such as WHO guidelines and standards, related studies in peer-reviewed journals and data published by global and regional agencies. The project will also serve as an opportunity to identify research gaps and bring them to the attention of others at the GI and in the field more broadly. Furthermore, the country case studies (under Objective 2) that will be completed in collaboration with country partners will provide a mechanism for learnings among partners across countries and regions: they will offer summaries of experiences covering the joint work towards policy change, including what evidence was found to be influential and in what circumstances, what did not appear to work and reasons why not; what approaches for communicating evidence and for obtaining attention and action of relevant policymakers worked well and which did not, and the particular circumstances and reasons. Collectively, these resources gathered and generated in collaboration with GI's partners in LMICs will result in a wealth of knowledge for the wider SRHR community and a critical opportunity for South-South learning and cooperation. The Program is fully in line with the Strategy for Swedens Global Development Cooperation in Sustainable Social Development 20182022. The Program especially relates to the strategic goal 'Increased Access to SRHR, including freedom from GBV' with a dedicated focus on often neglected areas of the SRHR definition such as safe abortion care, prevention and treatment of GBV, infertility/ fertility and reproductive cancers. It also relates to the strategic goals of 'Strengthened and Sustainable Systems of Good Quality for Health' through its work on SRHR in UHC, and Strenghtened Capacity for Living Healthy Lives through its focus on advocacy related to reproductive cancers and infertility/ fertility. In line with priorities as set out in the operationalisation GI focus on normative policy development and advocacy within the area of SRHR, honing on in abortion, gender based violence, fertility/ infertility and reproductive cancers. These are areas, except for abortion, that have been identified as weak in the portfolio, and therefore offers a unique added value to the existing contributions. Furthermore it complements the current efforts on safe abortion care and Sida's work on Achieving Universal Health Coverage for all, which of course must include SRHR.