Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women

Guarantee sexual and reproductive health and rights
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evidence rather than ideological principle (The Lancet 2004). Technical agencies
like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention should document the costs of misrepresentation of
scientific evidence and actively disseminate accurate evidence. Women’s organizations
working to promote reproductive rights for women should be given
greater financial support, and donor funding should target the real needs of
recipients, with political strings kept to a minimum (The Lancet 2004). Finally,
the number of bilateral donors supporting sexual and reproductive health and
rights should be increased so that if a leading donor country restricts its funding,
alternative sources of support can step in to fill the gap.