This is the 15th edition of the SADC Gender Protocol Barometer and the sixth to focus specifically on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The Barometer is being launched chapter by chapter during the Sixteen Days of Activism 2024 against the background of a massive rise in backlash and strengthening of the anti-gender rights movement following the US elections. Now more than ever we need to protect the fragile gains made for women’s rights.

Contributors
Foreword
Executive summary: English; French
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Menstrual Health, Family planning and Maternal Health
Chapter 3: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (ASRHR)
Chapter 4: Safe abortion
Chapter 5: HIV and AIDS
Chapter 6: Gender-based violence
Chapter 7: Harmful practices
Chapter 8: Sexual diversity