Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Umbrella Programme
About the Project:
The SRHR Umbrella Grant exists because more Ugandan people should be able to enjoy their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Everyone has the right to sexual and reproductive health. But not everyone realises they have this right. We know that local organisations that are based in the community are often best placed to reach marginalised populations who do not realise their rights.
That’s why our SRHR Umbrella Grant in Uganda focuses on supporting non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs) to deliver quality services, rather than trying to make change from the top. Implementation of the project in the national area’s is between 2020- December 2021.
Project Goal & Objectives:
To integrate HIV and SRHR services so that people can access them together at the same time.
Objectives
- Peer education and support to help people make healthier decisions about their sexual and reproductive health.
- Creating spaces within families and communities to talk safely about sex and sexuality.
- Strengthening community-led service delivery, and building bridges between communities and health services to improve access to SRHR services.
- Improving the quality of services, so that they meet the needs of adolescent girls, young women and marginalised populations.
- Supporting marginalised populations to meaningfully engage in decision-making that affects their lives in order to uphold their sexual and reproductive rights.
- Advocating to build the capacity of decision-makers, technocrats within the government, and community-level leaders towards supporting the objectives of this programme.
We are working with local community groups on the frontline of AIDS in Uganda in order to reach some of the following people.
- Children aged 10-14.
- Adolescent girls and young women.
- People living with HIV.
- Marginalised populations, including men who have sex with men, sex workers, truckers and fisher-folks.
- LGBT people.
We’ve been on the frontline of the world’s response to HIV and AIDS for 25 years, working with marginalised people who are denied HIV prevention and treatment simply because of who they are and where they live. The major plans are ;
- That the lives of all human beings are of equal value.
- That everyone has the right to access the HIV information and services they need for a healthy life.
Today, we work with communities in more than 40 countries, taking local, national and global action on HIV, health and human rights.
- Together, we’ve made a lot of progress, but HIV is spiking again among the people with the least power. In 2018, there were 1.7 million new HIV infections and 770,000 people died of AIDS-related illness. The epidemic hasn’t gone away. It’s evolving sowe must keep evolving too. Working with our partners on the frontline to ignite innovations that help break down the social, political and legal barriers that stand in the way of a future free from AIDS.
As a global partnership that is open to everyone, The SRHR Umbrella is working hand in hand with RHU and other partners from grassroots community groups to national governments. They’ve come together to drive change where it matters, shaking up the status quo and making a noise on issues the world often chooses to ignore.