The executive director of the FP 2020, Beth Schlachter, has called upon the Bangladesh government to make all family planning methods available to the Rohingya women so that they can choose. The government is now providing short-acting methods such as condoms, pills and injectables. The long-acting reversible contraceptives include injections, intrauterine devices (IUDs) and subdermal contraceptive… Continue reading Make long-acting contraceptives available to Rohingya women: FP2020 chief to Bangladesh
Month: February 2018
UNFPA holds briefing on family planning
A briefing on Family Planning 2020 and Nepal’s commitment to family planning progress was conducted in Kathmandu today. Beth Schlachter, the executive director of FP2020 and Lubna Baqi, country representative of United Nations Population Fund highlighted the need of family planning in the country. They also highlighted the need to provide counselling to married couples… Continue reading UNFPA holds briefing on family planning
Same-sex attraction is OK, boys can cry, girl’s no means no
The legality of homosexuality may still be an open question for the judiciary and the Government is yet to change the law but resource material prepared by the Health Ministry for adolescent peer educators has taken a step in the sensitive direction. It tells young people that it is all right to “feel attraction” for… Continue reading Same-sex attraction is OK, boys can cry, girl’s no means no
