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Newsletter September 2026 |
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Eleven Dutch organizations join forces to improve SRHR
Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, and eleven Dutch civil society organizations have launched a new alliance for the promotion and protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) worldwide: the SRHR Next Alliance. In addition to Wemos, the alliance consists of Aidsfonds, Amref Health Africa, CHOICE, COC, Hivos, Liliane Fonds, Oxfam Novib, Plan International, Rutgers, and VSO. Together, we are committed to a world where everyone can make informed decisions about their bodies, health and relationships, free from discrimination and violence. Wemos coordinates the Learning & Expertise Hub within the alliance to foster knowledge exchange and innovation.
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Fostering socially responsible licensing of medical innovations
Wemos has published a guidance brief for the application of socially responsible licensing (SRL) of publicly funded medical innovations. Through SRL, universities and other public research institutes can attach conditions when licensing medical innovations to private companies, helping to ensure that these innovations become affordable and accessible to everyone. Our guidance brief explores how SRL can be applied to secure that public investments in medical innovation deliver an optimal public return, without jeopardizing commercial incentives. We presented the guidance brief at an event of the Dutch Global Health Hub.
Read the guidance brief ➔
Read more about the launch event ➔ |
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Investments in development cooperation and global health
Wemos welcomes the increased investments in development cooperation and global health - including SRHR - announced by the Dutch government. These investments would partially reverse the budget cuts made by the previous administration. The current government recognizes the importance of civil society organizations in contributing to peace, security and democracy, as well as the importance of global health for Dutch citizens. Read the responses to the government's National Budget from Partos and the Dutch Global Health Alliance, of which Wemos is a member.
Response Partos (in Dutch) ➔
Response Dutch Global Health Alliance ➔ |
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Joint call to restore funding for health-focused civil society organizations
Wemos joined 186 civil society organizations from across Europe in calling on the European Commission to restore funding for civil society involvement in strengthening healthcare systems and health crisis preparedness. Civil society plays an essential role: it defends the public interest, brings independent expertise to decision-making and gives citizens a voice in shaping policies. Yet, the European Commission decided to cut operating grants for civil society organizations under the EU4Health funding programme.
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Wemos tips & picks
To ensure that countries have sufficient budgets to guarantee quality healthcare for all, justice in taxation is essential. The renowned economist Gabriel Zucman addresses this issue in his new book 'We Need to Tax Billionaires'. He questions why billionaires pay relatively less income tax than others and exposes problems such as tax avoidance by the super-rich. He explains his plan for the so-called "Zucman tax": a mandatory 2% tax for billionaires.
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