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With support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency – SIDA, the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) with its partners are implementing a programme titled:The Joint Advocacy for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Uganda (JAS Programme) which aims at building a progressive Sexual Reproductive Health Rights advocacy movement in Uganda.
This programme aims at addressing a range of issues surrounding the current advocacy efforts around SRHRs. Some of the notable issues include: the retrogression in policy development in SRHRs; disjoined CSOs working on SRHR; limited appreciation of the broader context of issues on SRHR amongst key stakeholders; the invisible powers opposing the progressive realization of SRHRs in Uganda; limited evidence to advocate for the realization of SRHR in Uganda; negative social, cultural and religious norms; and the archaic legislation impacting on the realization of SRHR in Uganda. This programme will provide an opportunity to work on both visible (non-controversial and safer issues) and invisible issues (hidden and contested issues).
The JAS Programme will be anchored at CEHURD as the hosting Secretariat working with partner institutions comprised of seasoned organizations working under Seven(7) thematic areas including; HIV/AIDS; Maternal Health; Adolescents and Young People; Gender and Women; Sex Work; Refugees, Sexual and Gender Minorities; and Access to Medicines and Commodities.
The programme envisions progressive policies, laws and bi-laws/ordinances towards advancing SRHR, advocacy initiatives by grassroots movements for SRHR in the core constituencies; reviewed archaic legislations, and policies that impact on the realization of SRHR; progressive judgments secured on the SRHR and evidence generated and used for advocacy at district and national levels.
A progressive social movement boldly challenging the deep structures affecting the realization of SRHR in Uganda.
The JAS programme will be implemented in two phases.
Phase Two of this programme will comprise of years 2, 3 and 4 of the programme lifetime. The activities under Phase 2 will build onto major milestones achieved in phase one. This phase will focus on: Grassroots SRHR Social Movement Building; national dialogues; capacity building; media engagement; district dialogues; legal and policy advocacy; engagement at national convening; and strengthening Accountability Mechanisms within the SRHR Movement. This will create ground for realizing a progressive social movement boldly challenging the deep structures affecting the realization of SRHR in Uganda.
The aim of the Joint Advocacy for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Uganda (JAS Programme) is to build a progressive Sexual Reproductive Health Rights advocacy movement in Uganda.