Belgium advocates adolescents’ access to SRHR

25/6/2018

With a High-Level Panel on the European Development Days, Belgium raised attention for the unmet needs of adolescents.

June 6, Brussels. "Unsafe abortion is more accessible then contraceptives”, Young EDD leader Archane Phonsina said, in her testimony of young women’s challenges in the DR Congo. Phonsina lost one of her best friends to an unsafe abortion and is one of the leading voices for adolescents’ access to family planning and safe abortion in her country. “Simply speaking about family planning is still stigmatised and many girls will have at least two unsafe abortions in their lifetime”, she explained.

Minister De Croo: “We will promote She Decides worldwide”

22/2/2018

During the diplomatic days, vice prime minister and minister of development cooperation Alexander De Croo addressed the Belgian diplomatic staff on sustainable development. The Minister pointed out the progress made over the past ten years with regard to human rights in half of the partner countries of the Belgian Development Cooperation. With the Ibrahim Index on African Governance in his hand, he underlined that human and economic development go hand in hand with progress regarding human rights, gender equality and non-discrimination of minorities and sexual minorities.

Key take aways on access to quality medicines and reproductive health supplies

20/11/2017

How to ensure medicines of good quality and much needed reproductive health supplies? On November 8, the Belgian development cooperation and Be-cause health, the Belgian platform on international health, organised a seminar on access to quality medicines and supplies for sexual reproductive health and rights. Some key take aways.

Belgium advocates adolescents’ access to SRHR

Minister De Croo: “We will promote She Decides worldwide”

Key take aways on access to quality medicines and reproductive health supplies

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