A landslide vote led to the passing of a Resolution entitled Importance for the conservation of nature of removing barriers to rights-based voluntary family planning. One of the most important results of the Resolution has been the establishment of the IUCN SSC CEESP Biodiversity & Family Planning Task Force, bridging the gaps between sectors and changing… Continue reading Integrating voluntary, rights-based family planning in conservation
Category: In the News
New Measurement Report Shows Demand for Contraception Continues to Grow
By Onyi Ijeh, Communications Coordinator FP2030 is pleased to announce the launch of the new digital FP2030 Measurement Report. 2022 marked the 10-year anniversary of the pivotal London Summit that galvanized the family planning movement, and a decade later, the latest data shows demand for contraception has continued to grow. Today, an estimated 371 million… Continue reading New Measurement Report Shows Demand for Contraception Continues to Grow
Finding the nexus between Family Planning and Universal Health Coverage
By Adebiyi Adesina, Director of Health Financing and Systems Strengthening, PAI and Cate Nyambura, Partnerships Consultant, FP2030 The International Conference on Family Planning – the premiere venue for family planning advocates, researchers, and policy makers to come together – just concluded, and experts discussed the latest trends in rights-based family planning, new research and data, and… Continue reading Finding the nexus between Family Planning and Universal Health Coverage
FP2030 continues transformation with appointment of Dr. Fenosoa Ratsimanetrimanana
FP2030 is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Fenosoa Ratsimanetrimanana as Managing Director of the North, West, and Central Africa Regional Hub hosted by Population Council in Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Ratsimanetrimanana is a sexual reproductive health rights expert with 25 years of experience in family planning and HIV/AIDS. He will oversee a multidisciplinary team… Continue reading FP2030 continues transformation with appointment of Dr. Fenosoa Ratsimanetrimanana
FP2030 at ICFP
Dear colleagues, Like many of you, we are looking forward to being together at the International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand in just a few weeks. We are eager for the opportunities to learn from one another, to find opportunities to work together and to share in our successes. FP2030 is looking forward to celebrating… Continue reading FP2030 at ICFP
Let’s Get to Work: These Three Elements are Critical for Long-term Advocacy Success
Article by Beth Fredrick, Advance Family Planning “The truth, of course, is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.” David Bowie As a lifelong family planning advocate, I often ask myself if the basic right to determine whether and when to become pregnant will ever be assured.… Continue reading Let’s Get to Work: These Three Elements are Critical for Long-term Advocacy Success
A Guide to the New Advocacy and Accountability Framework
FP2030 has just released an Advocacy and Accountability Framework, a document meant to help civil society partners, youth partners, and other stakeholders form their own advocacy and accountability strategies as part of their FP2030 commitments. Angeline Ngina Mutunga, Global Health Visions, explains how she hopes this document is used to form advocacy and accountability strategies in varying country contexts.
AAF: A functional guideline for strengthening accountability of CSOs and YLOs
Nepal has been an FP2020 commitment maker since the partnership’s launch in 2012. But in 2015, the government of Nepal restructured, moving from a centralized to a federal governance system. As a result, our FP2030 commitment will need to address the roles of new subnational governments, in addition to the federal government. We are now in the process of drafting the accountability mechanisms, and the Advocacy and Accountability Framework (AAF) provides a clear road map to link subnational accountability to national and international accountability that we can use to develop strategies to ensure accountability at various levels.
Prioritizing LGBTI family planning access benefits us all
FP2030 is based on the principle that all people, no matter how they identify, should have access to a full suite of reproductive health care. Too often in the context of family planning, the LGBTI community is overlooked — sometimes maliciously and sometimes because their needs are misunderstood or ignored. But they are a key population that is at heightened risk of pregnancy, HIV acquisition, gender-based violence, and more.
Lawmakers call for increasing funding for family planning
Lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to increase funding for family planning programs to help Pakistan achieve a sustainable population growth rate. During a meeting amongst legislators representing major political parties in a dialogue also agreed that funds were necessary to initiate subsidised and free services through voucher programs to improve access of poor and marginalised populations and… Continue reading Lawmakers call for increasing funding for family planning
