Iceland is committed advocate for human rights
Commitment description:Iceland reaffirms continued investment and implementation of the agreed ICPD Programme of Action 25 years ago, and continued support of concrete actions, both nationally and internationally to that effect, within the overall context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Icelandic Government commits to empower adolescent girls and women in Mangochi District in Malawi with SRHR/GBV knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and exercise their rights. Iceland will work with UNFPA and District Authorities from 2019-2023 with communities and families to contribute to the fulfilment of adolescent girls and women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and to facilitate adolescent girls and women’s access to quality SRH/OF/GBV services, including family planning. Iceland will commit 1.2 million USD.
Iceland commits to uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care in humanitarian and fragile contexts, by continuing to honor its multi-year financial commitment to UNFPA´s Syria response until 2022 with 1 million USD. The Syria contribution agreement is unearmarked as Iceland is a firm believer in flexible and predictable funding, in turn providing UNFPA with the necessary programmatic flexibility to respond more effectively to evolving humanitarian needs of its beneficiaries.
Iceland recognizes UNFPA as the lead implementing agency of the ICDP actions and UNFPA is a key multilateral partner in Iceland’s International development cooperation policy 2019-2023. Iceland will sign a multi-year framework agreement with UNFPA to further strengthen the agency and its mandate to afford women and girls across the world basic human rights.
Mode of engagement:
- Programmatic actionThe Icelandic Government commits 1,2 million USD to work with UNFPA in Mangochi District in Malawi to empower women and girls.
Uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care in humanitarian and fragile contexts(12) Ensuring that the basic humanitarian needs and rights of affected populations, especially that of girls and women, are addressed as critical components of responses to humanitarian and environmental crises, as well as fragile and post-crisis reconstruction contexts, through the provision of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, including access to safe abortion services to the full extent of the law, and post-abortion care, to significantly reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, sexual and gender-based violence and unplanned pregnancies under these conditions.
