Share-Net Netherlands

Share-Net Netherlands (SN-NL) is the Dutch knowledge platform on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), supporting the SRHR community in the Netherlands through paid membership. SN-NL has been operating the knowledge platform in the Netherlands since 2001. Over the years, SN-NL has evolved into a larger knowledge platform with Communities of Practice (CoPs) on more than 17 SRHR themes. SN-NL is hosted by the KIT Royal Tropical Institute and has 31 individual members and 32 organisational members (May 2021) from sectors including NGOs, universities, knowledge institutes, governmental and private sector which work in low- and middle- income countries and in the Netherlands with a focus on SRHR. SN-NL has been focusing on strengthening knowledge to develop evidence-based policies and practices, and ensuring that resources are used strategically and to maximum effect, among other aims, in relation to the four core areas of Dutch policy on SRHR. The hub has involved its members in organising a wide range of thematic meetings, lectures, debriefings and consultations to ensure that knowledge is shared systematically. SN-NL also disseminates bi-weekly newsletters to its members, ensuring that current information on SRHR is available and accessible for them.