The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights is a Ghanaian Non-governmental Organization that was established in 2004 by a network/group of NGOs to promote rights based approaches to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Ghana through advocacy, capacity building and research. Membership of the ARHR comprises three national NGO'S namely: ISODEC, CEDEP, CENCOSAD, and 35 local NGOs and community based organizations operating in 38 districts in Ghana

As a result, the ARHR exists to ensure that every Ghanaian - rich or poor, young or elderly, female or male, has access to the best reproductive health care. This is achieved by challenging systemic and structural inequalities in health systems and other basic services necessary to avoid preventable deaths, mistimed pregnancies etc through advocacy, promotion of responsive service delivery, good governance and accountability

Details of scope of work

• At Community level – encouraging an examination and understanding of their sexual reproductive rights, particularly the rights of marginalized groups such as women, young people and people with disabilities. This is done through improving information on sexual reproductive rights to give people choices and a sense of entitlement; working with traditional leaders to promote sexual reproductive rights and discourage harmful traditional practices that infringe on the sexual reproductive rights of people; and supporting groups and associations in these localities to monitor, educate and advocate on quality sexual reproductive health care.
• At the District/Service Provision level – advocating a rights orientation with duty bearers, particularly local authorities and public service providers.
• At the National level – advocating for a rights orientation involving more inclusive policy making and mechanisms requiring more accountability from duty bearers.
  Capacity Building / Strengthening at various levels for adopting a rights based orientation to activities in sexual reproductive health. This involves:
• Supporting communities to develop the capacity to advocate for their rights and to demand accountability
• Assisting community based/civil society organizations to gain the capacity to take a rights based approach to service delivery and to engage in advocacy Providing members of the Alliance and interested parties (NGOs, development partners, researchers etc,) with experiences and strategies drawn from ARHR programmes lessons, through periodic review sessions and round discussions.
  
• Research – undertaking relevant action research and disseminating results through various mediums to promote sexual reproductive health rights