Landmark International Report on Family Planning Progress to Be Released Monday 12 November

LIVE-STREAMED PRESS-CONFERENCE 3PM, KIGALI-TIME (RWANDA)

KIGALI, RWANDA –  Media
OutReach – 12 November 2018 – On Monday, Nov. 12, a
groundbreaking report will be released with compelling new data on family
planning progress in the world’s 69 lowest-income countries.  

The annual progress report entitled FP2020:Catalyzing
Collaboration has been produced by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) – a
leading global partnership that supports the rights of women and girls to
freely decide whether, when, and how many children they want to
have.  

The report is a center-piece of family planning debate and
policy-making annually.  It will be the
most data-rich analysis of family planning outcomes in the 69 studied countries
to date.

The report will include:

• Compelling new data on a
  country-level and aggregate basis for the world’s 69 lowest-income
  countries, including:

• Unintended pregnancies prevented, unsafe abortions avoided, and maternal deaths averted in the 12 months from July 2017 to July 2018
• Levels of contraceptive use and unmet need for modern contraception among married and unmarried adolescents and young women aged 15-19 and 20-24
• Patterns and trends
  in key life events for young people such as age at marriage, first sex,
  and first birth
• Adolescent birth rate
  indicators
  tracking progress toward reducing teen births

• For the first time, data on domestic
  government spending on family planning, showing country ownership of
  programs in some cases, and critical gaps in others
• New data on the largest bilateral (i.e. country) family planning donors
  and trends in financing
• A forceful call to
  action to government policy-makers and other stakeholders on the
  need to guarantee reproductive health care — including rights-based family
  planning — in all universal health coverage plans

A live-streamed press conference will be held at 3pm
Kigali time (Rwanda) on Monday 12 November, to launch the report at the International Conference on Family
Planning. 

• You can
  view the press conference live-streamed and submit questions remotely at facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/648741425521489/)
• We will
  send you a link to the report with a summary, quotes, still images at the start
  of the press conference.

Family Planning 2020
was established in support of  the UN Secretary-General’s Global
Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health.  More
information is at http://www.familyplanning2020.org

For inquiries, please email echadband@familyplanning2020.org