Can you give me examples of how my purchase makes a difference?
Your purchase from RFSU helps us to be pioneers
When you buy a condom, a lubricant or any other product from RFSU, you’re not just doing something good for yourself. The profits from the sale of RFSU products have a higher purpose and create change far beyond the Nordic region!
Your purchase helps RFSU to improve equality in society, to highlight racism as an obstacle to equal care and to work to ensure that the needs of, for example, people with disabilities are met.
Today, RFSU has some 40 partners in over twenty countries and your purchase of RFSU’s products allows RFSU to continue to be pioneers.
RFSU AB is a for-profit company that gives RFSU (the Swedish Association for Sexual Education) the security to independently carry out its work, no matter how controversial the issues may be perceived.
“Having our own funding gives us courage and security. We have an opportunity to try out new things and step up activities that are not prioritized by anyone else and that need financial resources”, says Lina Fridén, RFSU’s President.
Here’s 7 examples of what the profits from RFSU AB’s sales contributes to:
Your purchase from RFSU provides sexual education to young people in Cambodia
For over a decade, RFSU has partnered with organizations in Cambodia working to increase access to sexuality education and reduce the stigma associated with abortion and discrimination against homosexuals. For example, RFSU has contributed to the recent inclusion of sexuality education as a compulsory subject in the school curriculum. Read more about the rise of sexuality education in Cambodia and the work that needs to be done for LGBT rights here. Thank you for making it possible!
Your purchase from RFSU influences sexual and reproductive rights in the EU and UN
RFSU is part of advocacy networks working within the EU– och UN– system to influence international agreements on sexual and reproductive rights. RFSU also works with organizations in Brussels, Geneva and New York. Thank you for making it possible!
Your purchase from RFSU can give someone a safe abortion in Ghana
In Ghana, few people have access to sex education in school or clinics where you can get tested for STD’s. Abortion is only allowed in cases of danger to the woman’s health and life, and access is severely restricted, especially for those living in poverty. Sexual rights violations are widespread and homosexuality is illegal. But change is possible! RFSU supports organizations working to increase access to abortion rights and to make sex education compulsory in the school curriculum.
How your purchase from RFSU can support an LGBTI person in Bolivia
The Bolivian constitution recognizes sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), but access to both sex education and abortion rights is still limited. The constitution also states that it is forbidden to discriminate against LGBTI people, but at the same time there is widespread discrimination in both society and in the constitution where, for example, marriage is reserved for only men and women. RFSU therefore supports several organizations working to enforce the legislation in practice, by training civil servants and judges responsible for applying existing laws regarding SRHR. Thank you for making this possible!
How your purchase from RFSU can decrease maternal mortality in Kenya
Despite strong economic development in Kenya, large parts of the population live in poverty. Abortion is not allowed and homosexuality is illegal. Maternal mortality is high and access to sexual and reproductive health services is poor, especially in rural areas and urban slums. RFSU works with several organizations in Kenya that are fighting for change! Here you can read more about RFSU’s partner organizations that run shelters for survivors of sexual abuse, support girls who have become unintentionally pregnant and LGBTQ-led refugee organizations.
Your purchase from RFSU can help prevent child marriage in Sri Lanka
Muslims are a vulnerable group in Sri Lanka, where the economic crisis has led politicians to pit different groups against each other. RFSU is working with several organizations in Sri Lanka to change this! For example, one organization produces homemade sanitary pads, which have become an entry point for talking about sexuality and relationships in schools and mosques. Creating the conditions for sex education talks can ultimately prevent child marriage. Thank you for making this possible!
Your purchase from RFSU decriminalized abortion in Mexico
Unsafe abortions are carried out in many parts of the world where abortion rights do not exist. In Mexico, for example, half a million unsafe abortions were performed each year, resulting in 2,000 deaths, before the Mexican Supreme Court decriminalized abortion in 2023! Thanks to RFSU’s partner organization in Mexico, which fought for the decriminalization of abortion for a long time, all health care facilities in 32 states must now offer the option of abortion. RFSU’s partner organizations expect abortion care to be available in public hospitals and other health facilities in the future. Thank you for making it possible!
A condom from RFSU contributes to The Freedom Of Every Body
RFSU supports organizations in Bolivia, Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia and Sri Lanka, as well as regional networks in Asia and Central America working for the sexual and reproductive rights of all. Want to know more about RFSU’s work on advocacy and sexuality education? Read more here: International partnerships | RFSU