Canada supports the goal of ensuring that women and girls in all their diversity can decide what to do with their bodies, their lives and their futures – without question.  Sexual and reproductive health is a precondition for women’s empowerment and a crucial link to all aspects of development.   This is why Canada is a lead donor globally supporting comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights as key elem...

Chiredzi, Zimbabwe - Prisca,* a 22-year-old young woman who lives in Chiredzi Rural, Zambia, has faced a harrowing ordeal. One night, while asleep in a room with two toddlers, an unknown man broke into her family home. What followed was a terrifying struggle for survival.

The European Union, has been a proud partner in this journey over the past decade. Together with partners like UNFPA, the EU is proud to have contributed to Zimbabwe's sexual and reproductive health rights and gender equality endeavours, notably with the Health Development Fund ( 2016-2021) and the  Health Resilience Fund (HRF 2022-2025) - multi-donor health programs aimed at improving primary healthcare and ess...