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The EU institutions and the bloc’s member states together accounted for only 19.3 percent of total 2022 sexual and reproductive health and rights spending (Photo: Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition)

EU sexual health funding lags billions behind rhetoric

The EU's funding for sexual reproductive health and rights lags behind the bloc’s professed policy commitments on health, gender equality and human rights, according to new research published on Thursday (30 May). 

However, researchers expect the EU to close the gap in the coming years. 

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

The EU institutions and the bloc’s member states together accounted for only 19.3 percent of total 2022 sexual and reproductive health and rights spending (Photo: Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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