Väestöliitto’s Global Development Unit promotes global sexual health and rights. This is done through advocacy work and global education, by conducting overseas development projects, by doing project-related research work and by providing training and expert consultancies.
The basis for these activities is the Programme of Action of the UN International Conference on Population and Development, ICPD (Cairo 1994), which emphasizes individual rights, empowerment of women and promotion of people’s health and well-being and which calls for universal access to sexual health services and information by 2015.
Väestöliitto’s first development cooperation project started in 1985 in Mexico. Currently there are two ongoing projects, in Malawi and Nepal. In addition Väestöliitto is currently conducting two projects in Russia. The main focus in these projects is in promoting sexual health and rights of women and young people as well as male involvement in sexual health issues.
