The government emphasizes that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as global Health is a priority area for Swedish development assistance. But their statements are contradicted in two new reports.
In a conversation with FUF on February 4 emphasized Karin Juhlin, State Secretary for Development Cooperation- and Minister of Trade Benjamin Dousa, how proud she is that Swedish aid continues to prioritize sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as global healthThe statement comes after numbers from RFSU extension visat how Sweden's assistance to SRHR has decreased by 35 percent since 2018.
Before 2022, the level was sju percent of total aid. For 2024 the proportion had decreased to just below five percent. At the same time lyafter the government just SRHR and health as one of seven priorities in its reform agenda. During the mandate period, nearly one billion kronor in annual health aid has disappeared in Africa and Asia.s, and core support to key multilateral actors in SRHR has also has been greatly reduced according to a compilation of civil society platform CONCORD.
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