March 2018 Monthly News Review

Education and Male Involvement in Family Planning The first step towards effective family planning is comprehensive sex education so that girls and boys, women and men, are able to make informed decisions. A family planning initiative in Benin through the Grameen...

February 2018 Monthly News Review

African debates As in debates in Ireland, Poland and the US among other countries, the tension between reform and tradition over increased access to sex education, contraception choice and safe abortion was evident across Africa. In Namibia, where the health minister...
News Review – 19 January 2018

News Review – 19 January 2018

Academic Dr. Stanley Henshaw: Reflections on Four Decades of Abortion Research, Guttmacher, 17 Jan 2018 Contraceptive Use over Five Years After Receipt Or Denial of Abortion Services, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 12 Jan 2018 Burundi 8 Percent of...
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 – 3 November 2017

News Review – 3 November 2017

Education, Education, Education Sex education programs can be the first steps towards greater usage of family planning methods throughout people’s lives. And families using those methods “are less likely to end up in poverty.” Across Africa, Social Behavior Change...