Afrobarometer

Afrobarometer is a pan-African, nonpartisan survey research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy, and society. The world’s leading source of high-quality data on what Africans are thinking, it has a network of more than 30 national partners responsible for data collection, analysis, and in-country dissemination of findings. Afrobarometer’s vision is a world in which Africa’s development is anchored in the realities and aspirations of its people. Afrobarometer will continue its efforts tomaking citizen voice a key pillar of African policy and decision making. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking).

This grant will support Afrobarometer to ensure that the views and experiences of African citizens regarding climate change and environmental issues are reflected in national, regional, and international policy debates and decision-making processes. The two-year project will help Afrobarometer to produce, develop and implement a survey module on climate change, disseminate findings based on the climate change perception data, and conduct targeted stakeholder outreach to motivate accelerated climate policymaking and implementation. (Substrategy: China National Policy)

This grant to Afrobarometer (AB) will support the development, implementation and dissemination of a module on safe abortion within its annual public opinion survey across 40 countries in Africa. Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan pan-African survey research organization that conducts public attitude surveys in more than 30 countries across the continent. AB’s mission is to make citizen voice a key pillar of Africa policy and decision making and is a grantee of our Inclusive Governance strategy. This will be the first time that public attitudes about abortion and other sexual and reproductive health and rights will be captured at this scale in Africa. This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy outcome on safe abortion as well as the outcome on African narratives supporting SRHR public support for health policies and programs.