Glasgow, SCOTLAND — Funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights, or SRHR, reached $7.68 billion in 2018, according to a new analysis of donor spending in this area.
The report by Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung and the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights shows that it was a mixed year for SRHR funding, with two major donors in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee database — the United States and the European Union institutions — both spending significantly less on the issue than the year before. That was offset, however, by sizable increases from some donors, notably the Netherlands and Canada.
Based on the report, and with additional insights from Devex’s funding platform, these are the top 10 OECD-DAC funders of SRHR based on the proportion of their official development assistance dedicated to the issue in 2018.