Democracy and Human Rights

Democracy and human rights are essential for providing people living inpoverty and under oppression with power, voice and choice to improvetheir living conditions. Sida’s support to the thematic area of democracyand human rights amounted to SEK 6 billion in 2017. This makesdemocracy and human rights Sida’s largest thematic area, equivalent toapproximately 28 % of Sida’s total disbursement 2017.