Den Kontroversiella Agendan
Om Sveriges och det internationella samfundets utvecklingssamarbete för sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter
Aid'development cooperation''human rights'Accountability'sexual and reproductive health services'AbortionPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
The aim of this thesis is to explain what actions Sweden and the international communities have been taking in terms of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in order to realize the Programme of Action from the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo 1994. In a theoretical perspective, donor countries and multilateral organizations are seen as interacting actors involved in global development cooperation. Through applying a human rights approach I will show shortages in terms of supplies to contraception, international agreement on the issue of safe abortions and a new era that comes with new rules for aid and development cooperation. In addition, for human rights to be realized there is the feature of accountability. Without accountability, SRHR cannot be fully respected, guaranteed and protected. At the same time sexual and reproductive health services need to be available, accessible, acceptable and of good quality. Results from the analysis show that there are traditional patterns in how actors tend to direct their aid, but these patterns are changing.