Focus Areas
Working towards global reproductive choice; autonomy and empowerment; and gender equality.
Commitment Makers
Creating a future for women and girls with the freedom and ability to lead healthy lives.
The Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, announces $93.7 million in funding toward ensuring that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe and every girl and woman is treated with the dignity and respect she deserves. A portion of this funding is part of the commitment announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in June 2019.
The Government of the Netherlands announced it is contributing 10 million euros (US$11.24 million) to the Global Financing Facility (GFF) to help low- and lower-middle-income countries ensure continuation of essential health and nutrition services for women, children and adolescents as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new contribution will enable the GFF to provide rapid support to countries to redesign health service delivery approaches to protect critical care, keep frontline health workers safe, and to ramp up risk communications and community engagement during the crisis.
The sexual and reproductive health agency has launched a $683 million appeal this year to assist nearly 48 million women, girls and young people in 57 countries affected by conflict or natural disasters.
In June 2019, the Chairman of Badagry Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State approved the monthly release of 10,000 Naira (NGN) (US $28) from the LGA health budget for family planning.
Increased investment in family planning will help the Indian economy gain an additional per capita GDP of 13 per cent by 2031, but also save up to Rs 270 crore on its National Health Mission budget, says Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India (PFI)
Evidence shows that comprehensive approaches addressing individual, family, community, and health system factors can increase FTPs’ use of PPFP and other essential health services. While showing promising impact, these comprehensive approaches have proven challenging to scale.
A round-up of media attention the 2018-2019 Progress Report has received throughout Africa
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.
New report shows that 314 million women and girls are now using modern contraception in 69 low income countries
New report shows that 314 million women and girls are now using modern contraception in 69 low income countries
