Geographical priority
Under the specific objective 1 the priority will be given to actions in developing countries with the worst indicators for sexual and reproductive health and rights for women, men and adolescents, and in countries where governments have been unable or unwilling to take effective action on SRHR on their own.
Under specific objective 2 priority will be given to countries where SRH needs are not met by the government and/or where abuse and rape are aggravated due to conflict or crisis and in particular to the following countries:
Afghanistan, Sudan, DRC, Haiti, Cambodia, Nigeria; Burundi, Cameroon, Somalia, Niger, Laos, Sierra Leone, Yemen, Chad, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Liberia, Tajikistan, Cote d’Ivoire, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Angola, Mauritania, Guinea, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Togo, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Vanuatu, Comoros, Tonga, Sao Tome& Principe, Kiribati
Applicants must demonstrate in their application that the country where the action is proposed to take place and/or the population group targeted fall under the situation described above under the relevant geographic priority. To this end, proposals must clearly identify each specific situation and provide all the essential elements (concrete and verifiable, e.g. reference to statistical reports or official or other relevant data9) to give technical evidence of the gravity of the situation.”