Family Planning 2020’s groundbreaking new report on family planning in the world’s 69 lowest-income countries released this month shows more women and adolescent girls than ever before are making the voluntary choice to use contraception in their everyday lives. More importantly, country governments are prioritizing family planning programs as an essential part of their development strategies. Below is a round-up of media attention the report has received around the world.

Newswires

• Al Jazeera: Contraception use on the rise in 69 poorest countries: report
• Associated Press: More women in poor countries use contraception, says report By Ignatius Ssuuna and Rodney Muhumuza (Reposted in: STL News, Kaiser Health News’ “Morning Briefing”)
• Thomson Reuters Foundation: World set to miss contraception goal leaving millions of women behind By Ellen Wulfhorst (Reposted in Reuters)

Partner Blog Posts

• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation: 2018 Quality Innovation Challenge
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Nothing for young people, without young people: Making family planning access youth-centered
• UNFPA: Youth advocates for family planning break taboos in the Maldives By Tatiana Almeida

By Region

• Africa Media Round-up
• Asia Media Round-up
• Europe & the United States Round-up

Updated on November 20, 2018