SADC PF: SRHR, HIV & AIDS governance project, 2019-2023
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Following the end of the Swedish funded Project 'Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, HIV/AIDS and Governance (2014-2019)', SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has applied to Sweden's Regional Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Team new funding request to support a project proposal for the implementation of a Project in 14 Member Parliaments over a 3-year ...
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Following the end of the Swedish funded Project 'Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, HIV/AIDS and Governance (2014-2019)', SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has applied to Sweden's Regional Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Team new funding request to support a project proposal for the implementation of a Project in 14 Member Parliaments over a 3-year period. The proposed Project 'Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, HIV/AIDS and Governance (2019-2022) draws lessons from previous project to improve Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in the SADC region. The Project recognises that the need to improve the basic health of the citizenry and uphold and respect human rights to ensure that all SRHR are enjoyed by all in the SADC region, focusing on five thematic areas: Gender equality and Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV); Early and Unintended Pregnancy (EUP) and Safe abortion; Commodity Security and Access to SRHR and HIV/AIDS related services with a view to reinforcing health systems and contributing to Universal Health Coverage; Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE); and Non-Discrimination and Key Populations (KPs). This Project will be led by the SADC PF in collaboration with identified technical partners, and target parliamentarians primarily, and secondly strategic Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), staff of Parliament, Line Ministries and targeted institutions involved in the national SRHR and HIV response. National Parliaments will also be assisted with evidence-based and empirical knowledge on SRHR disseminated by research partners to the Project. The Project's overall goal is to work towards the achievement of universal access to integrated SRHR and HIV/AIDS services and related rights through parliamentary action via the legislative, oversight, budgetary and representative roles of MPs.The project will seek to meet the following objectives:1) The SADC-PF successfully leads national SADC Parliaments in promoting SRHR through parliamentary initiatives that are evidence-based and informed through empirical data; 2) Parliaments promote SRHR by reinforcing the legislative framework of Member States through enactment of targeted SRHR legislation on SGBV, safe abortion, EUP, SRH commodity security, non-discrimination and rights of Key Populations, amongst others, in view of promoting Universal Health Coverage;3) Parliaments progressively increase budget allocations for universal SRHR and HIV/AIDS related services and commodities which are provided by the Government, and promote sustainable financing for health and SRHR;4) Parliaments augment oversight initiatives on SRHR and HIV/AIDS Governance implemented by the Government through Committee oversight mechanisms, including in relation to SGBV programmes that are inclusive of both men and women, on mainstreaming of SRHR into Government policies and programmes, the implementation of the Gender Responsive Oversight Model, consistent CSE programmes, and ensuring that Government fulfils its obligations under the AU Gender Strategy (2018-2027), the SADC Regional Strategy for SRHR (2019-2030) and the Maputo Protocol, among others;5) Parliamentarians, as democratically elected representatives, increasingly escalate SRHR concerns of communities and constituencies within Parliament, and champion SRHR issues in view of reducing discrimination and stigmatization of PLHIV, Key Populations and marginalized groups;6) Parliamentarians heighten SRHR concerns through inter-parliamentary networks which are coordinated by the Forum in view of approaching SRHR and addressing SRHR Bills/Model Laws in a coherent manner at the parliamentary level across Africa;7) Parliamentarians promote increased parliamentary initiatives on SRHR which are supported by diverse and objective research arrived at through standardized methods.The Project budget is 33,7 million SEK, out of which the organisation's own funding is approximately 2 891 395 SEK.
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During the first year of implementation of the Sida funded SRHR, HIV and AIDS Governance Project (2019-2023), SADC PF conducted a number of activities that Sida assesses will in the long run contribute to achieving the outcomes of the project. Outputs of these activities include the following: Roadmap - The project has developed and secured endorsement of a road map for effective implementation of Phase II of the SRHR HIV and AIDS Governance Project across the SADC region and within national parliaments. Regional Commitment: To date, eleven (11) out of 15 SADC national parliaments have committed and are actively taking part in the new SRHR, HIV/AIDS Governance Project, with the new SADC Member Parliament of Madagascar also vouching to take part in regional activities. (Activities in DRC and Angola are set to take off in year 2 as recruited SRHR Researchers were still acclimatising to the project operations). Resolutions of the Human and Social Development and Special Programmes Committee (HSDSP) meetings - Two Standing Committee of the Human and Social Development and Special Programmes Committee (HSDSP) meetings were held in the period of review , outcomes of these meetings are as follows: - The committee successfully motivated Member Parliaments to institutionalise the SRHR Project through existing Parliamentary structures in order to guarantee ownership, strengthen accountability, and ensure co-ordinated and effective implementation of activities. Furthermore, work plans had been devised by every implementing country and national events have already taken place in at least 4 countries, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Eswatini and Lesotho. With regards to Member Parliaments who have not fully adopted the project, by March 2020, Tanzania, Mauritius, Madagascar and South Africa were the countries not fully signed up. - The committee also underscored the linkages between UHC and the focus areas of the SRHR Project, especially the challenges met by adolescents to access contraceptives leading to Early and Unintended Pregnancies, coupled with the lack of comprehensive sexuality education within a life skills framework. As a result, national parliaments and SRHR Researchers were requested to ensure that the focus areas under the SRHR Project are implemented by cross-linkages with the theme of UHC, especially where adolescents and access to contraception is concerned. This holistic implementation was successfully conducted in Lesotho, Namibia and Malawi through project activities where access to contraception and CSE where linked under the umbrella of UHC and the human right to health. Advancing SRHR in UHC agenda in SADC Region - The Joint Session Standing Committees of the SADC Parliamentary Forum was held under the theme The Role of SADC National Parliaments In Ensuring Universal Health Coverage by 2030 and was organised with technical and financial assistance from the Forums partners, among them, Sida funded partners - the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI); Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division of the University of Kwazulu-Natal (HEARD); and Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAFAIDS). The European Parliamentary Forum (EPF) also provided technical and financial assistance. The Joint Session successfully sensitized Members on the concept of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) within the context of the SADC region; established the link between the SRHR, HIV and AIDS Governance Project and the SADC Regional SRHR Strategy; as well as identified the role of Parliamentarians individually and collectively in the attainment of Universal Health Coverage in the region by 2030 within the remit of their legislative, budgetary, oversight and representative roles. Promoting Gender Equality in SADC region - a joint session of three committees (Human and Social Development and Special Programmes and the Gender Advancement Womens Development and Youth Regional Standing Committees and the Regional Womens Parliamentary Caucus) was held to deliberate on the advancement of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa in the SADC region. A deeper and enhanced understanding of the Maputo Protocol and the role of parliamentarians in its ratification, domestication and implementation at national and regional levels was further elaborated. Solidarity for African Womens Rights (SOAWR) Coalition, participated as a technical partner, to enhance parliamentarian capacities on gender equality in line with their respective roles of advancing gender equality in a comprehensive manner. Representatives of the SOAWR Coalition from Southern Africa, additionally shared recent experiences and information relevant to the reinforcement of policy and legal framework concerning women protection and empowerment in the SADC region. By the end of this session, commitments were profusely secured by SADC parliamentarians on the measures and steps to be taken towards the ratification (by Botswana and Madagascar), full domestication and implementation of the Maputo Protocol by all SADC countries. Important to note that at the time of submission of the annual report the Model Law on GBV had not been finalised. However, to date this Model Law has been finalised. A Model Law on GBV will set minimum provisions for member states in policy development, reforms and revision of laws and address some of the challenges that lawmakers face in drafting legislation. The role of SADC-PF affiliated parliaments will be to domesticate the Model Law on GBV according to country needs. Development of effective tracking and monitoring mechanisms for Model Laws and related policies - further to the development of SADC Model laws around thematic areas on democratic elections, gender equality and violence against women and children by SADC PF, a new organ was formed call Regional Parliamentary Model Laws Oversight Committee (RPMLOC) to provide oversight to the domestication of these Model Laws. RPMLOC met in the period under review to develop effective ways on how to develop and institutionalise an operational framework and tools on effective tracking and monitoring mechanisms for Model Laws and related policies in order to streamline their work. A resolution was made that the RPMLOC shall utilise existing structures, processes and procedures in respective Member Parliaments to collaborate with National Parliaments in tracking implementation and monitoring domestication, including periodic reporting. However, the Forum is still tasked with establishing innovative ways of pulling together technical and financial resources to support tracking implementation and monitoring domestication of SADC Model Laws developed. SRHR Technical Partners - following key recommendations made by the evaluation of the previous Sida funded SRHR, HIV and Governance project (2014-2018) around the need for a more concerted approach in engaging Parliamentarians as policy makers, opinion leaders and change agents. SADC PF successfully organised a structured engagement of SRHR Partners in the region to promote the project as well as to develop and consolidate a partnership matrix of the SADC-PF to promote parliamentary responses and delivery under the SRHR project. This engagement was successful in that, SRHR technical partners found ways to collaborate with the Forum, including by formalisation through MOUs and signature of the Joint Financing and Technical Cooperation Agreement (JFTCA). Last but not least, capacity development sessions were held for key stakeholders of the project - recognising the crucial roles parliamentary staff and parliamentary organs play, the project successfully held induction sessions and capacity development sessions with SRHR Researchers, Legal Drafters, Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons of Standing Committees of the Forum and Staff of the Forum. Examples of results achieved 2022-2023: The Endterm review conducted during Spring 2023 on the SADC PF "SRHR, HIV, and Aids Governance project 20192023 by the firm Development Data showes that the project has been an important milestone for the SADC region's attempts to address pressing SRHR issues. Progress towards the project vision will be slow, but there evidence that it is going in the right direction. With the support of the project some results have been achieved: -Multiple legislations have been adopted both at regional and national level. Model laws on GBV, on Child Marriages, PFM and Elections have been adopted by SADC. Various progressiv legislation has been passed on national level Sexual Offenders act in Botswana, Marriage Act in Zimbabwe, Children's act, Children's Court Act and Child Sex Offenders Register Act in Mauritius and Children's code in Zambia and Counter Domestic Violence Act in Lesotho. -Advancement of SRHR budgets, for example in Madagscar the public health budget increased by 2% and in Malawi the budget for family planning increased by 21% from 2022 to 2023. -There is significant evidence that Parliamentarians in all participating countries engaged in human rights treaty domestification through their Parliaments. In several countries, Parliament adopted Human Rights related Bills which were related to Universal Health Coverage, the SDGs and Climate change Sida concludes that the above outputs provide a good foundation for the intervention in making progressive steps towards the outcomes.
The goal of the SRHR, HIV and AIDS Governance Project (2019-2022) is to work towards the achievement of universal access to integrated SRHR and HIV/AIDS services and related rights through parliamentary action via the legislative, oversight, budgetary and representative roles of MPs. The objectives of the project thus reflect the parliamentary roles of MPs in promoting SRHR within national Parliaments and as part of the SADC PF. The five thematic areas of the project have been infused in the objectives of the project, which are as follows: 1) The SADC-PF successfully leads national SADC Parliaments in promoting SRHR through parliamentary initiatives that are evidence-based and informed through empirical data; 2) Parliaments promote SRHR by reinforcing the legislative framework of Member States through enactment of targeted SRHR legislation on Sexual Gender based Violence, safe abortion, Eliminating Unintended Pregnancies (EUP), Sexual Reproductive Health commodity security, non-discrimination and rights of Key Populations, amongst others, in view of promoting Universal Health Coverage; 3) Parliaments progressively increase budget allocations for universal SRHR and HIV/AIDS related services and commodities which are provided by the Government, and promote sustainable financing for health and SRHR; 4) Parliaments augment oversight initiatives on SRHR and HIV/AIDS Governance implemented by the Government through Committee oversight mechanisms, including in relation to SGBV programmes that are inclusive of both men and women, on mainstreaming of SRHR into Government policies and programmes, the implementation of the Gender Responsive Oversight Model, consistent CSE programmes, and ensuring that Government fulfils its obligations under the AU Gender Strategy (2018-2027), the SADC Regional Strategy for SRHR (2019-2030) and the Maputo Protocol, among others; 5) Parliamentarians, as democratically elected representatives, increasingly escalate SRHR concerns of communities and constituencies within Parliament, and champion SRHR issues in view of reducing discrimination and stigmatization of PLHIV, Key Populations and marginalized groups; 6) Parliamentarians heighten SRHR concerns through inter-parliamentary networks which are coordinated by the Forum in view of approaching SRHR and addressing SRHR Bills/Model Laws in a coherent manner at the parliamentary level across Africa; 7) Parliamentarians promote increased parliamentary initiatives on SRHR which are supported by diverse and objective research arrived at through standardized methods.
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