BY STEWART TICHAONA MUCHAPERA The FP2030 East and Southern Africa Regional Hub is building emergency preparedness and response capabilities in the region through a series of online meetings with commitment-making countries based on their fragility index and the focus of their country commitment. Oren Jusu, Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response for FP2030 East and Southern… Continue reading FP2030 seeks to center family planning in case of emergencies and disasters
Category: FP2030 Updates
Dismantling social norms that prevent access to family planning
BY STEWART TICHAONA MUCHAPERA FP2030 has concluded a “gender mapping” process throughout its regional hubs, which confirmed social norms, often influenced by religion, culture, and traditions, as well as economic issues, are preventing women, adolescents, young people, and other groups from accessing key information and services on sexual reproductive health. The East and Southern Africa… Continue reading Dismantling social norms that prevent access to family planning
FP2030 welcomes Sumita Banerjee as Managing Director of the Asia and the Pacific Hub
FP2030 is excited to announce the appointment of Sumita Banerjee as the Managing Director for FP2030’s Asia and Pacific Regional Hub. With an extensive background spanning over two decades, Sumita brings a wealth of experience in public health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-transformative policies, and HIV programs. Born and raised in India,… Continue reading FP2030 welcomes Sumita Banerjee as Managing Director of the Asia and the Pacific Hub
Intimate Partner Violence Can Be a Barrier to Family Planning – So What Can We Do About It?
Beck Barrett Family planning access doesn’t exist in a silo – diverse issues like restrictive policies, impacts from climate change, domestic or intimate partner violence, social and gender norms, and more all make it harder for many people to access the family planning services they desire. Further still, most intimate partner violence (IPV) discussions focus… Continue reading Intimate Partner Violence Can Be a Barrier to Family Planning – So What Can We Do About It?
Challenging Partnerships: Religious Engagement for Senegal’s Family Health
Cheikh Saliou MBACKE, Hassane SYLLA, Katherine Marshall Ask health professionals how religious leaders view family planning and you may meet some skepticism. However, a program in Senegal has defied negative preconceptions and is an example of engaging religious leaders in health. A combination of leadership that brings different religious communities together, robust theological and intellectual… Continue reading Challenging Partnerships: Religious Engagement for Senegal’s Family Health
South Sudan delegation meets with UFPC as part of South-to-South learning
South Sudanese delegation to the just ended Anglophone Africa Focal Point Workshop in Uganda met with members of the Uganda Family Planning Consortium (UFPC), on the sidelines of the meeting as part of the south-to-south learning under the FP2030 East and Southern Africa (ESA) Hub, initiative. UFPC is non-profit membership organization established in 2010 to… Continue reading South Sudan delegation meets with UFPC as part of South-to-South learning
Malawi launches FP2030 Commitment
Malawi’s Ministry of Health recently launched the country’s FP2030 commitment and costed implementation plan, which together seek to increase the modern contraceptive rate in the country from 48% to 60% by 2030. “The FP2030 East and Southern Africa Hub is looking forward to working even more closely with the Government of Malawi and the civil… Continue reading Malawi launches FP2030 Commitment
SRHR Advocates embark on a caravan to raise awareness
A group of youth focal points from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda, together with 30 other young people recently participated in a 500km (about 310.69 mi), two-day caravan ahead of the Reproductive Health Network (RHNK), 6th Annual Conference on Adolescent and Youth SRHR. This year’s theme is “Localization of Global SRHR Commitments.” As the caravan… Continue reading SRHR Advocates embark on a caravan to raise awareness
FP2030 focal points workshops return to galvanize the family planning partnership
The success of the FP2030 global family partnership is grounded in the shared learning and collaboration of family planning leaders in governments, civil society and youth-led organizations, international NGOs and donors, and technical experts. Their shared commitment to accelerating the use of family planning has yielded stronger programs for more people, and led to the… Continue reading FP2030 focal points workshops return to galvanize the family planning partnership
FP2030 ESA Hub deepens cooperation with Zambia Family Planning Technical Working Group
The FP2030 East and Southern Africa (ESA) Hub, recently met with the Zambia Family Planning Technical Working Group, in Lusaka on the eve of the launch of the Zambian FP2030 Commitment, to discuss the FP2030 devolved structure and the utility of the Focal Point Structure. The ESA Hub, Advocacy, Accountability and Partnership Manager, Peter Ngure,… Continue reading FP2030 ESA Hub deepens cooperation with Zambia Family Planning Technical Working Group
