News Review – 8 December 2017

News Review – 8 December 2017

          FP2020 5-year Anniversary FP2020 marked its fifth anniversary with a bold “Way Ahead” recommitment to its mission: “We believe that every woman and girl must be empowered to shape her own life. We know that rights-based family...
News Review – 1 December 2017

News Review – 1 December 2017

AIDS, Family Planning and Reproductive Justice International AIDS Day on December 1st gave an opportunity to explore the link between access to family planning services and combatting HIV, which can both be related to gender inequality. Stigma around getting family...

News Review – 6 October 2017

Leadership! Dr. Natalia Kanem was named as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). A Panamanian and the first Latin American to take the post, she had served as Acting Executive Director and had been UNFPA Representative in Tanzania....

News Review – 15 September 2017

Global trends, reports and movements As the world prepares for the UNGA, a number of relevant global reports were released to set the agenda. The Lancet launched a commission for the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of establishing “a path to...

News Review – 11 August 2017

Context in foreign assistance Access and delivery of family planning services depend on many factors. This week saw a number of discussions and research reports about the effects of cultural sensitivity and technology appropriateness on that access and delivery. The...