The Africa Reproductive Justice Litigation Fund
Introduction
The African Reproductive Justice Litigation Fund is a continental funding mechanism dedicated to strengthening reproductive justice litigation and related capacity across Africa. It recognises that violations of sexual and reproductive health and rights are rooted in historical continuities, political economy, social hierarchy, and cultural regulation that shape bodily autonomy, access to care, and exposure to harm. The Fund advances an approach that integrates socio economic realities, gendered power relations, and racialised structures into litigation design, strategy, and remedy.
Its work is structured through three interconnected pillars: the Africa Reproductive Justice Litigation Alliance, which convenes actors across jurisdictions to strengthen collective strategy and regional coherence; a catalytic subgranting portfolio that supports strategic litigation, legal assistance, and research; and the Africa Reproductive Justice Academy, which builds the long term capacity of legal practitioners, judges, and movement actors across the continent.
Together, these pillars reinforce a resilient reproductive justice litigation ecosystem capable of shaping norms, influencing institutional practice, and securing measurable improvements in sexual and reproductive health and rights across Africa.