Family Planning 2020's groundbreaking new report on family planning in the world’s 69 lowest-income countries released this month shows more women and adolescent girls than ever before are making the voluntary choice to use contraception in their everyday lives. More importantly, country governments are prioritizing family planning programs as an essential part of their development strategies. Below is a round-up of media attention the report has received throughout Africa.
Category: FP2030 in the Media
While Rohingya Refugees Are Being Raped, Agencies Lack Needed Funding
Rohingya women and girls have suffered unspeakable atrocities of rape and they’re still suffering, yet the United States has pulled its aid to the organizations doing the most to address the crisis.
Women Need It and Demand It
How providing family planning in crisis contexts can support the health, resilience, and prosperity of every country in an interconnected world. An interview with Jennifer Schlecht, Senior Advisor, Emergency Preparedness and Response for FP2020.
Migrating males and population decline
Sita Yonjan, 21, has a two-year-old daughter, and recently stopped using contraceptives even though she is not planning to have another child. She says she doesn’t need her birth control implant anymore because her husband went away to work in Qatar two months ago. Yonjan visited a health post in Rayale village of Kavre to… Continue reading Migrating males and population decline
Make long-acting contraceptives available to Rohingya women: FP2020 chief to Bangladesh
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
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
Global Contraceptive Use Rising but More Progress Needed to Reach Target
By July 2017, more than 309 million women and girls were using modern contraception in 69 focus countries identified by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), a movement created in 2012 by four core partners, 38.8 million more than in 2012.
Opinion: How Cross-Sector Collaborations Can Accelerate Progress Toward Gender Equality
It is increasingly acknowledged that the global gender gap is severe, with major negative economic and social consequences, and that accelerating progress toward gender parity has enormous benefits. Yet progress has been slow. One answer is collaborations — partnerships for parity — but they have to be put together carefully if they are to be… Continue reading Opinion: How Cross-Sector Collaborations Can Accelerate Progress Toward Gender Equality
UN Applauds Nigeria’s Commitment to Family Planning
Reflections from Ejike Orji, CSO Focal point; Eva Ros, Director of Country Support, FP2020; and Adebimpe Adebiyi, Director of Family Health Department, Nigeria Ministry of Health on Nigeria’s commitments to family planning at the 2017 Reference Group meeting in Abuja, Nigeria.
Nigeria: Federal Government Will Continue To Support Osotimehin’s Legacy, Says Osinbajo
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government will continue to support the legacy of Babatunde Osotimehin, who was a strong advocate for public health and the rights of women and girls. Professor Osinbajo stated this when he met with a delegation from the Family Planning (FP) 2020 Reference Group who paid him… Continue reading Nigeria: Federal Government Will Continue To Support Osotimehin’s Legacy, Says Osinbajo
