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Family Planning Changes Women's Lives

Investing in family planning could significantly reduce maternal and newborn health costs in the developing world, says UNFPA Director Babatunde Osotimehin in an interview with AllAfrica.

Africa: Using Family Planning as a 'Liberating Force'

allAfrica, 14 November 2012

Nearly 20 years ago, 179 countries came together and made a commitment to provide sexual and reproductive health care, including family planning, to their people. The… Read more »

Photo: Kyle Pienaar/AllAfrica

Jennifer Iwu (bottom right) is a volunteer and educates her community about family planning from her hair salon in Abuja.

Sudan: Contraceptives Give Women the Right to Choose

UNIRIN, 14 November 2012

Cut off from development by five decades of civil war, South Sudan has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world and high levels of infant mortality and morbidity. Large… Read more »
Uganda: No Contraceptives Means More Illegal Abortions in Uganda

IPS, 14 November 2012

Every day at least five women are brought to the gynaecological ward of Uganda's Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala for treatment for complications caused by crude… Read more »
Swaziland: Illegal Abortions Endangering Lives

UNIRIN, 14 November 2012

Abortions are illegal in Swaziland and have resulted in criminal convictions, but in October 2012 more than 1,000 women were treated for abortion-related complications at a single… Read more »
Africa: Boosting Access to Family Planning Is Good for Women and the Economy - UN Report

UN News, 14 November 2012

A new United Nations report urges additional investments in family planning that could save developing countries more than $11 billion a year in maternal and newborn health care… Read more »
Africa: Additional Investments in Family Planning Would Save Developing Countries More Than $11 Billion a Year

UNFPA, 14 November 2012

Access to family planning is an essential human right that unlocks unprecedented rewards for economic development, says new UNFPA report Read more »

Documents

The State of World Population 2012: By Choice, Not By Chance

Publisher:

United Nations Population Fund

Publication Date:

15 November 2012

An infographic explaining the latest report by the United Nations Population Fund. see more »
By Choice, Not By Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights And Development

Author:

Margaret Greene, Shareen Joshi, Omar Robles

Publisher:

Margaret Greene, Shareen Joshi, Omar Robles

Publication Date:

14 November 2012

This latest report by the United Nations Population Fund emphasizes a rights-based approach to family planning. It outlines where gains have been ... see more »