by admin | Dec 1, 2017 | News
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...
by admin | Nov 24, 2017 | News
Family planning imperatives Simply put, “when a woman can control when she has children, she can control her future.” One article calls affordable maternity care and birth control “the foundation of a family’s future.” In Kenya family planning enhances living...
by admin | Nov 17, 2017 | News
#ThanksBirthControl Day There is so much for which to thank birth control, which came out in articles and social media on November 15. A study by the University of Michigan Institute of Healthcare Policy and Innovation (U-M IHPI) synthesizes the issue: When women have...
by admin | Nov 10, 2017 | News
Population Council “Ideas that Changed the world” The week saw a celebration of the Population Council’s 65th anniversary, for which they released “10 Ideas the Changed the World.” Taking their lead, some of those ideas have direct relevance in the week’s news: Making...
by admin | Nov 3, 2017 | News
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...
