Research Report | April 2023 | Download report

By NANHRI and National Human Rights Institutions of Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and DRC

The analysis of status of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) protection policies is a baseline survey for the SHARP project aimed at assessing and analyzing the policies, regulations and budgets existing in the four named countries to support, inform strategic plans and the development of policy recommendations towards ensuring compliance with human rights standards and principles as States’ obligations.

The Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) in collaboration with National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) undertook this study on Sexual Reproductive Health ( SRH) policy analysis to track existing policies, regulations and budgets to inform strategic plans and the development of policy recommendations towards fulfilling one of the objectives of SHARP , which is that duty-bearers adopt, develop, improve, and implement (sub) national and regional policies and budgets that advance ASRHR particularly for girls and other vulnerable adolescents.

About Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI)

The Network of African National Human Rights Institution (NANHRI) is a regional umbrella nonprofit organisation with a membership of 46 African National Human Rights Institutions in Africa, which endeavors to capacitate NHRIs with the necessary knowledge, skills, tools and techniques for them to undertake their mandate of human rights protection and promotion in line with the Paris Principles. The secretariat of NANHRI is based in Nairobi, achieves this through facilitating and coordinating efforts amongst NHRIs and linking them to other key human rights actors at the regional and international level.