As thousands gather in Addis to discuss family planning, I flew from Washington feeling like a kid on the school bus returning to classes for the first day after summer vacation. Seeing friends and colleagues converge was exciting—catching up on what’s been going on, how work is going, and what we expect of the conference ahead of us…Read the full post >>
Yesterday, running up to the International Conference on Family Planning, FHI 360, UN Foundation and the Packard Foundation hosted the Family Planning +Social Good – a conversation about how technology and innovative thinking are advancing family planning goals and objectives…Read the full post >>.
A call to action for youth participation in addressing global health challenges and access to family planning was a resounding theme during the Opening Ceremony at the ICFP…Read the full crowdblog >>
Access to education, the right to make choices about your own body – these are things many of us take for granted. But the reality for many women and young people in developing countries is very different… Read the full news article >>
Gender inequality, high rates of maternal mortality and unmet need for family planning mean that the needs communities require a thoughtful and holistic approach… Read the full post >>
Ethiopia — where international advocates will open their biennial International Conference on Family Planning on Nov. 12 — has succeeded in bringing down the unmet need for family planning from 36.6 percent of currently married women 15-49 in 2000 to 26.3 percent in 2011… Read the full post >>
FHI 360’s Mobile for Reproductive Health (m4RH) project has been nominated for a prestigious 2013 Katerva Award, which recognizes “the most promising ideas and efforts to advance the planet toward sustainability.”… Read the full post >>