The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is implementing 4-year research, advocacy, and capacity-strengthening project ‘titled Challenging the Politics of Social Exclusion (CPSE)’ funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The project is being implemented in seven Countries in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Zambia. It also involves working with regional economic communities such as the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), East African Community, East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), African Union (AU), and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as well as working with several United Nations agencies and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).