Sex og Politikk has for more than 40 years been an engaged rights based organisation involved in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), both nationally and internationally.
The work of Sex og Politikk is based on human rights principles, and is rooted in the following values:
- Sexual health and rights are at the base of human’s physical, psychical and social welfare.
- All people have the right to dignity, sexual autonomy and bodily integrity.
- All people have the right to access high quality services and comprehensive education regarding sexual health.
Important focus areas for Sex og Politikk are United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals number 3, 4, 5 and 6, as well as the need of youth and other marginalised groups in Norway.
Sex og Politikk wants to contribute to change, and one of our goals is that Norway not only expands its national sexual policy, but also stimulates to increased SRHR activity abroad, through priorities in aid policies and through other international collaboration projects.
Sex og Politikk wants to be a driving force to ensure that SRHR remains a topic in the public debate. We think that this is a very important field in the work towards gender equality, to increase women’s rights and to reduce poverty internationally.
In addition, Sex og Politikk wants to exercise our guardian role by making sure that the government maintains its commitments towards the Millennium Development Goals, and especially towards Millennium Development Goals number 5.
Strategisk plan 2016-2022
Årsmøtet 23. mai 2016 vedtok Sex og Politikks nye strategisk plan som skal gjelde i perioden 2016-2020.
Virksomhetsplan 2017
Sex og Politikks virksomhetsplan for 2017 ble vedtatt av årsmøtet 23. mai 2016.
Virksomhetsplan 2016
Sex og Politikks virksomhetsplan for 2016 ble vedtatt av styremøte 1. februar 2016.
International focus:
Sex og Politikk thinks it is important that Norway maintains its role as a driving force in order to develop better health care services and safeguard rights connected to sexuality and reproductivity in the South.
This work is important in order to achieve increased gender equality and ensure that women have the right to decide over their own bodies.
Sex og Politikk especially focuses on the following thematic core areas within sexual and reproductive health and rights in the South:
- Pregnancy related mortality and young mothers
- Access to contraception
- Access to safe and legal abortion
- Comprehensive sexuality education, especially for youth
- HIV and AIDS
National focus:
Since its foundation, Sex og Politikk, has been a driving force towards obtaining access to abortion, good sexuality education, education on contraception and to secure access to safe contraception in Norway.
Sex og Politikk further works to ensure access to sexual health and rights for all people living in Norway, by:
- Increasing the general public’s awareness on sexual health and rights, and promoting positive attitudes towards sexuality.
- Gathering and communicating high quality information, and promote comprehensive sexuality education for children and youth.
- Working towards a relevant legislation and a targeted policy for sexual health and rights, especially for young people and other marginalised groups.
