The target for wealthy nations to spend 0.7% of gross national income on international aid is well known, but a separate benchmark — for 10% to go towards sexual and reproductive health and rights programs — is rather less so.
An updated SRHR Donor Funding Atlas, launched in Brussels by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, or EPF, a group of campaigning European Union parliamentarians, seeks to map how 30 donor countries are performing in this area, revealing which deserve praise and which are falling short.
Why it matters: While official development assistance spending rose in 2022, and some countries have met the 0.7% goal, the share of that funding allocated to SRHR falls woefully short of 10%, the threshold set at an international conference way back in 2002.
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Rob Merrick
Rob Merrick is the U.K. Correspondent for Devex, covering FCDO and British aid. He reported on all the key events in British politics of the past 25 years from Westminster, including the financial crash, the Brexit fallout, the "Partygate" scandal, and the departures of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. Rob has worked for The Independent and the Press Association and is a regular commentator on TV and radio. He can be reached at rob.merrick@devex.com.
