Category: Blogs & Articles

Providing Access to All: Disability and Family Planning

By Beck Barrett, FP2030 Intern 16% of the world’s population has a disability according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and yet most sexual and reproductive health care programs don’t adequately include them – as recipients of healthcare services and as decision makers and program implementers. Family planning for disabled people – much like family… Continue reading Providing Access to All: Disability and Family Planning

Worsening humanitarian crisis in South Sudan prevents teenage girls from accessing family planning services

A worsening crisis in South Sudan caused by internal conflict has left over four million people displaced. An estimated 85% of these are women and children. This conflict and resulting mass displacement has prevented many people, including women and girls, from accessing essential healthcare services – particularly family planning information and services, which are not… Continue reading Worsening humanitarian crisis in South Sudan prevents teenage girls from accessing family planning services

Recap: Performance, Monitoring and Evidence Working Group Meeting

Meghan Gallagher, Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Advisor for Save the Children  Aparna Jain, Senior Director, Making Cents International  Adnan Khan, the Chief Knowledge Officer at Research and Development Solutions FP2030’s Performance Monitoring and Evidence (PME) Working Group is a platform for collaboration and discussion that brings together the foremost leaders, thinkers, and practitioners in family… Continue reading Recap: Performance, Monitoring and Evidence Working Group Meeting

Faith Leaders Take Action on Rights-Based Family Planning

By Veronica Fonseca Castro, Coordinator, Communications & Advocacy, FP2030  This month, FP2030 brought together two seemingly different worlds: faith and family planning. Given a persistent narrative that religion is at odds with family planning, these might seem like two communities that work with each other, but in fact the opposite is true: Many faith leaders… Continue reading Faith Leaders Take Action on Rights-Based Family Planning

Hope and heartbreak for Pakistan in the era of climate change 

Harnessing the voices of women and youth to withstand the climate crisis By Maheen Dhanani, FP2030 Youth Focal Point for Pakistan and Senior Program Officer, South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa, Pathfinder International   My country is one of hope and heartbreak. In Pakistan, traditions interweave with modern aspirations. Fertile land gives life to abundant… Continue reading Hope and heartbreak for Pakistan in the era of climate change 

1.8 Billion Young People Deserve Power Over Their Reproductive Futures

From left to right: Bontu, Abidii, Bilisuma, Lensa, Habitamu, and Genet are students at primary school in Wonchi Woreda. They are holding books provided by the Oromia Development Association's (ODA's) saving schemes program. Established in 1993, ODA is a local, membership-based, nongovernmental organization. It aims to improve the lives of people in the Oromia Region through sustainable integrated community-based programs. To address young people's socioeconomic and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs, in addition to its saving schemes program, ODA's interventions include using gender-responsive pedagogy and creating linkages with public health facilities offering youth-friendly SRH services.

By Gloria Masula (FP2030 Youth Officer, East and Southern Africa Hub), Margaret Bolaji (FP2030 Youth Manager, North, West, and Central Africa), Sadia Rahman (FP2030 Youth Manager, Asia Pacific Hub), Dr. Jacqueline N. Fonkwo (FP2030 Youth Partnerships Consultant), Hafsah Muheed (PMNCH Adolescent and Youth Constituency Secretary; Governance and Ethics Committee Vice Chair, Youth Advocacy Network, Sri… Continue reading 1.8 Billion Young People Deserve Power Over Their Reproductive Futures

Building FP2030 – An Update on the FP2030 Transition Process

The Transition Oversight Group (TOG), through its three active working committees and a separate Finance Group, continued to work in refining and moving forward the establishment of the new FP2030 structure. The TOG’s efforts on establishing the future governance structure, operationalizing the five regional hubs, and recruiting a new Executive Director to lead the next stage of the partnership are steadily progressing with support from the Secretariat and the Transition Management Team.

New Global Partnership Launched to Transform Reproductive Health Markets

A mobile clinical outreach team from Marie Stopes International, a specialized sexual reproductive health and family planning organization on a site visit to Laniar health center, a rural area, where they offer many sexual reproductive health services and counseling, including the full range of family planning options, emergency contraception, pre- and post natal care, and cervical cancer screening and treatment.

SEMA Reproductive Health seeks to drive equitable, affordable, and predictable supply of high-quality sexual and reproductive health products, advance gender equality