Migration and displacement

Purpose and use

The evaluation covers Sida’s core support to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) from 2022-2025. Primary users are Sida, the WILPF International Board and International Secretariat. Other users are the Embassy of Sweden in Amman and other Swedish Embassies; WILPF members, partners and networks; academics, policymakers, and other funders.

Conclusion
Sida’s support was relevant at the start of the evaluation and WILPF’s feminist approach to peace has remained relevant over time despite challenges created by a deteriorating context. The support complements Sida’s support to the Women, Peace and Security sector and the support of others funding WILPF projects and programmes. The deteriorating context makes progress towards results difficult, but some progress is noted. WILPF’s decision-making processes are slowed by the Constitution and its commitment to feminist principles, which the International Secretariat is working with the International Board to address. Despite diminishing funding, the potential for sustainability of results exists.

Recommendation
The primary recommendation is that Sida should continue to support WILPF.

To address global migration challenges, international collaboration such as development cooperation is required. Safe, orderly and regular migration can drive development forward and requires international cooperation. Options for regular migration are more limited for the poor. Irregular migration increases the vulnerability of migrants and asylum seekers. Long term solutions to migration and displacement are limited. A total of 343 MSEK was disbursed (1,3 per cent of Sida’s total budget) during 2024 with 51 per cent to Africa. Multilateral organisations were the main implementing partners (79 per cent). During 2024, Sida supported interventions with the aim to strengthen migration management, to enhance the capacity of host communities and countries, as well as to enable safe and dignified return and reintegration. During the year Sida received a new strategy for ‘Sweden’s global development
cooperation on migration, returns and voluntary repatriation 2024–2028’ and 12 development strategies were updated with new goals on reducing irregular migration and increasing returns, repatriation and reintegration. The implementation towards the new goals will have an effect on disbursements for the coming years.