Several organisations have jointly submitted a contribution focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and the response to HIV/AIDS. An exerpt reads:
- “[A] joint strategy, if it is to work as an effective roadmap for EU-Africa development cooperation, must ensure that all the partners are on equal footing. For a true partnership to be established, the African partners need to be empowered by effectively and thoroughly addressing the poverty divide, with a strong emphasis on African needs. For this, health, and, more specifically, SRHR and the response to HIV/AIDS, are indispensable.”
- “[...]In the context of this consultation, we urge the European Commission and its Southern partners to build on communications and strategies on Africa they have put forward. A joint EU-Africa strategy could offer the EU and its African partners a useful tool to implement development policies. Sexual and reproductive health and rights and the response to HIV/AIDS are critical for poverty reduction and the achievement of the MDGs, and should, therefore, figure prominently in the EU-Africa Strategy.”
The contribution is signed by:
Marie Stopes International (MSI), Association for Family Planning (APF – Portugal), German Foundation for World Population (DSW), World Population Foundation (WPF – The Netherlands), Stop AIDS Alliance, Sex og Samfund (Denmark), Swedish Association for Sex Education (RFSU), Väestöliitto (Finland), Equilibres et Populations (France), International Planned Parenthood Federation – European Network (IPPF-EN)
Download the contribution in full – doc
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