Why us?
- The idea of founding SRHR Alliance was inspired by the need to build stronger and well-coordinated movement of SRHR champions, civil society organizations and practitioners to respond to the growing sensitivity, complexity and magnitude of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues facing adolescents and young people in a culturally and religiously diverse country like Uganda.
- The adolescents and young people in Uganda lack adequate control over their sexual and reproductive health due to restricted access to SRHR information and services. As a result, they have continued to be exposed to a number of SRHR challenges including STIs, teenage pregnancies, early marriages and related diseases. This is perpetuated by deeply entrenched social norms and practices that breed sexual and gender-based violence and require sustainable as well as coordinated approaches.
- Yet the national and local governments have not, to date, fully guaranteed the realization of the rights all adolescents and young people to safely access high quality and equitable SRHR services without fear of stigma, harassment and discrimination. The Alliance therefore provides space for unified and joint actions towards transforming the negative SRHR policy and socio-cultural environment.
- Diversity of the stakeholders working on SRHR and related issues all over Uganda presents incredible challenges for coordination and collaboration. The Alliance therefore provide space for a nation-wide and multi-stakeholder platform to facilitate learning, joint actions, evidence gathering and harmonization of interventions, among others.
- The Alliance also provides opportunity and platform to jointly engage government agencies, CSOs, research institutions, cultural/religious institutions, private sector, and media to push the agenda of SRHR that is stronger, solid and intersectional, so that SRHR is mainstreamed into government policies and programs. This is to enable the most vulnerable and marginalized group namely adolescents, young people, key populations, women, and people with disability among others to exercise their SRHR without impediment and free from violence.
How we are structured
SRHR Alliance Uganda is governed by the Constitution of the Alliance. The organisation has functional structures including the General Assembly, Board of Directors, Youth Advisory Committee, Technical Teams and Secretariat. The General Assembly is constituted by Executive Directors of the all the member organizations, Technical Committee and Youth Advisory Committee members. Whereas the Board of Directors is constituted by not less than 5 members and not more than 7 members including 3 Executive Directors, President of the Youth Advisory Committee and any 3 other members selected from amongst the Executive Directors and Technical team of the member organizations.
Financial Management and control systems
SRHR Alliance Uganda established an effective Finance management system and Internal control mechanisms, guidelines, and policies to ensure efficient and effective programme delivery. At the policy level, SRHR Alliance Uganda’s board has a finance and audit subcommittee that is responsible for monitoring the financial operations of the secretariat to ensure adherence to the policy guidelines and standards. The board convenes on a quarterly basis to review and approve financial budgets and reports.
SRHR Alliance Uganda’s financial operation at the secretariat is guided by financial, procurement and human resource policy manuals that are aligned to the national and international policy standards and principals. The department also has fully functional financial accounting system (Quick books) that helps in keeping financial records and reporting. SRHR Alliance Uganda also carry out regular value for money audits are conducted both internally and by external independent audit firms.
SRHR Alliance Uganda has a well-established financial approval structure/levels that ranges from the user department, Programme Manager, Finance and Administration Manager to the National Coordinator. Within the Finance department, there is clear segregation of duties in terms recording, checking of bank statements for reconciliation, and bookkeeping.
SRHR Alliance Uganda established an effective Finance management system and Internal control mechanisms, guidelines, and policies to ensure efficient and effective programme delivery. At the policy level, SRHR Alliance Uganda’s board has a finance and audit subcommittee that is responsible for monitoring the financial operations of the secretariat to ensure adherence to the policy guidelines and standards. The board convenes on a quarterly basis to review and approve financial budgets and reports.
Working Groups
SRHR Alliance Uganda constitutes different technical working groups and teams to support on the coordination, technical assistance to the running of the alliance interventions. The following are the working groups. The Technical Team, Resource Mobilisation Team, Communication and Advocacy Team, Finance Team, Monitoring Evaluation Research Accountability and Learning Team.