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Fundacja na rzecz Kobiet i Planowania Rodziny

FEDERA

FEDERA działa na rzecz zdrowia i praw reprodukcyjnych, czyli: -prawa do przerywania ciąży, bez podawania przyczyny, bez opłat, realnie dostępnego -poprawy jakości opieki zdrowotnej nad dziewczętami i kobietami w dziedzinie zdrowia reprodukcyjnego, w tym faktycznego dostępu do świadczeń z zakresu planowania rodziny, -leczenia niepłodności i profilaktyki chorób kobiecych, -dostępu do nowoczesnej, przystępnej cenowo antykoncepcji, rzetelnej, opartej na wiedzy naukowej edukacji seksualnej w szkołach, -profesjonalnej diagnostyki prenatalnej i opieki nad płodem, -respektowania praw pacjenta, w tym prawa do świadczeń, prywatności, poufności, godności i informacji, -dostosowania polityki państwa do międzynarodowych standardów zdrowia reprodukcyjnego, w tym m.in. poprzez uwzględnienie rekomendacji Komitetu Praw Człowieka ONZ.

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Response to EU Civil Society Strategy

5 Sept 2025

This submission is made by ASTRA Network, a regional network of SRHR movements from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, coordinated by FEDERA Foundation for Women and Family Planning (Transparency Register ID: 153270594205-95), which represents ASTRA in the EU Transparency Register. Civil society organizations (CSOs)especially those advancing gender equality, womens rights, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)are foundational to democratic life, human rights, and the rule of law across the EU. Yet, these organizations, particularly women human rights defenders and grassroots and marginalized groups, face mounting threats: political hostility, restrictive regulation, funding insecurity, smear campaigns, and exclusion from policymaking. ASTRA Networkcomprising SRHRmovements from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Central Asia (CA)draws attention to several intersecting challenges facing CSOs working on SRHR and feminist rights. Key Regional Challenges in CEE: Deteriorating civic space & legal reprisals: CSOs in our network face stigmatization, smear campaigns, and hostile foreign-agent bills and other restrictive lawsparticularly targeting SRHR and gender equality defenders. Funding vulnerabilities: Limited core or longterm fundingespecially for grassroots and marginalized organizationsleaves SRHR defenders increasingly fragile. Funding is often shortterm, projectbased, and administratively burdensome. Structural exclusion from policymaking: SRHR-focused organizations are frequently sidelinednot only during consultation phases but also in actual policy cocreation and implementation. Intersectional invisibility: The diversity of experiences across race, class, sexuality, migration status, disability, and other identities is still largely absent from EU civic space and CSO frameworks. This undermines effective inclusion and tailor-made support. ASTRA Network Recommendations: Embed SRHR & intersectionality centrally The EU Civil Society Strategy must explicitly integrate SRHR as foundational to gender equality and include intersectionality across all aspects of civic space policyrecognizing the multiple identities within CSOs. Design a gendersensitive protection mechanism Invest in a robust, genderresponsive protection system for SRHR defendersproviding rapid legal, psychosocial, and digital support, alongside a confidential reporting mechanism. Early warning & monitoring for civic threats Establish an earlywarning system that tracks civic space violationsespecially those affecting SRHR advocatesand links to immediate protective action. Ensure meaningful, structured CSO engagement & cocreation Move beyond token consultation: ensure SRHR civil society is included in dialogue, monitoring, policy creation, and implementation. This should include organizations from EU candidate and neighboring countries. Secure sustainable, inclusive, and flexible funding Prioritize core, longterm, flexible support tailored to grassroots and marginalized organizations, with lighter administrative burdens. Strengthen accountability mechanisms Link civic space and rights indicators to conditionalities in fundingensuring EU support only flows where civic freedoms are upheld. Extend advocacy beyond the EU Use EU political and financial instruments to support SRHR defenders in candidate and neighboring countries.
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