Category: Press Releases

New Survey Shows Improvement in Maternal and Child Health in Pakistan

Families in Pakistan are getting healthier according to the newly released 2017-18 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS). The 2017-18PDHS is the fourth DHS survey conducted in Pakistan since 1990-91. The survey results, released today at a national seminar in Islamabad organized by NIPS, highlight major improvements in child survival and maternal health care, while progress has been slower in nutrition and family planning use among women. 

Young Family Planning Champions Selected to Help Guide FP2020 Partnership

Youth representatives from Asia and Africa will hold the partnership accountable to fulfilling its promises to the largest generation of young people in history [MARCH 1, 2018, WASHINGTON, DC] Today, two outstanding young people join Family Planning 2020’s (FP2020) Reference Group—made up of global leaders devoted to reaching women and girls with lifesaving modern contraception—to serve as a critical… Continue reading Young Family Planning Champions Selected to Help Guide FP2020 Partnership

Statement From UN Foundation President & CEO Kathy Calvin on New Restrictions of U.S. Foreign Assistance to Limit Women's Access to Health Care Globally

Washington, D.C. —   January 23, 2017 United Nations Foundation President and CEO Kathy Calvin today issued the following statement on the imposition of the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, last enacted in 2001.   The policy, enacted again today through Executive action, prohibits foreign non-governmental organizations from receiving any U.S. foreign assistance for… Continue reading Statement From UN Foundation President & CEO Kathy Calvin on New Restrictions of U.S. Foreign Assistance to Limit Women's Access to Health Care Globally

Global Family Planning 2020 Leadership Gathers in Nigeria to Chart a Course for the Future

Series of Meetings in Support of the Partnership Build on Momentum from the Family Planning Summit Held in July 2017 ABUJA, NIGERIA – On October 12 and 13, Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), a global partnership dedicated to empowering women and girls to decide whether, when, and how many children they want to have, will hold a series… Continue reading Global Family Planning 2020 Leadership Gathers in Nigeria to Chart a Course for the Future

Family Planning 2020 Welcomes New Government and Institutional Partners to the Reference Group

Leaders from Canada, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, and Uganda, as well as Faith to Action Network, and Population Council join newly expanded governing body for FP2020 Washington, D.C. (March 30, 2017) – Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), the global partnership dedicated to empowering women to access and use quality, rights-based family planning information, services, and supplies, today… Continue reading Family Planning 2020 Welcomes New Government and Institutional Partners to the Reference Group

AFP Expands Efforts in India, Partners With JHPiego and Pathfinder

The Advance Family Planning (AFP) initiative is increasing its advocacy efforts in India this year, expanding into a new state and pursuing national-level advocacy through the private sector. The India offices of Jhpiego and Pathfinder International will join as AFP’s local partners to support this expansion, which results from a recent supplement award. Jhpiego will advocate… Continue reading AFP Expands Efforts in India, Partners With JHPiego and Pathfinder

Marie Stopes International Doubles Commitment to Expand Contraception to New Users by 2020

Marie Stopes International has announced it will double its commitment to Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), the global partnership dedicated to improving voluntary access to family planning information, services and supplies for women and girls in the world’s poorest countries. With this announcement, Marie Stopes International doubles its 2012 pledge to expand access to contraception to 6… Continue reading Marie Stopes International Doubles Commitment to Expand Contraception to New Users by 2020