CALL FOR PROPOSALS | A Situational Analysis of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights African Organizations and INGOs working in East and Southern Africa
Background: The current public and global health system and its existing hierarchies have been shaped by histories of slavery and colonialism and are rooted in multiple and intersecting forms of exclusion. It has been argued that efforts to advance Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) should incorporate a reproductive justice lens to address the structural impacts of slavery and colonialism that are linked to negative health outcomes and disruptions in access to affordable quality care. Funding is one of the levers of exercising colonial control over SRHR. For instance, there is a broad hierarchical divide, where Western institutions control most funding for global health research. Thus, decolonizing SRHR will require doing the same for funding to the sector.