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FP2020 Women at the Center 2018-2019: Media Coverage

March 17, 2025

A ground-breaking report on family planning in the world’s 69 lowest-income countries today shows that more women and girls have access to family planning than ever before. It reveals that 314 million women and girls are now using modern contraception, with 53 million new users in the last seven years, and 9 million in the past year alone. FP2020: Women at the Center has been produced by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) – a global partnership that supports the rights of woman and girls to decide – freely and for themselves – whether, when, and how many children they want to have. Below is a round-up of media attention the report has received.
Updated on November 13, 2019

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s The Optimist
The Guardian: Millions of women still don’t have access to contraceptives – report
Devex: Family Planning 2020 looks toward next chapter
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report: 53M More Women, Girls Using Modern Contraceptives In Low-Income Countries, Family Planning 2020 Report Shows
Interkinois: Family Planning 2020: “A new report shows that 314 million women and girls today use a modern contraceptive method in 69 low-income countries”
Standard Media: ‘Birth control prevented over 500,000 abortions’ 

Regional Coverage

Africa Media Round-Up
Times of India: ‘13.7 crore Indian women use modern contraception’

En français

AFP: Le planning familial progresse dans les pays pauvres, notamment en Afrique
AFP: La contraception en hausse dans les pays pauvres
AFP: La contraception gagne du terrain en Afrique
Al Widha: Pays à faible revenu : hausse du taux d’accès à la planification familiale pour les femmes et jeunes filles
AIP: Abidjan Plus de 1,3 million de femmes utilisent désormais une méthode de contraception moderne en Côte d’Ivoire (rapport)
Guinée Time: Santé : En Guinée, 360 000 femmes utilisent des méthodes modernes de contraception (Rapport)
Togo Tribune: Succès du planning familial au Togo

En español

Montevideo Portal: Mayor uso de anticonceptivos evitó 21 millones de abortos inseguros en 2018
Página 12: El uso de anticonceptivos evitó 21 millones de abortos inseguros
Mendo Vaz: La implementación de anticonceptivos evitó 21 millones de abortos inseguros
El Diario: Aumenta el uso de anticonceptivos y logran evitar 21 millones de abortos inseguros

Additional Languages

AFP: Глобальные программы по сокращению населения успешно работают
Radio Free Asia: 유엔 ‘가족계획2020’ 보고서 “북한 내 낙태 매달 1만건” (Note: The FP2020 Secretariat is hosted by the UN Foundation. It is not a UN Secretary General’s program as stated in this article.)