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Family planning improves maternal health, reduces unintended pregnancies and abortions, prevents the spread of HIV/AIDS, and promotes responsible development and environmental sustainability. Around the world, 222 million women want to prevent pregnancy but need contraception. Meeting women’s needs for family planning and maternal and child health care would prevent 54 million unintended pregnancies each year, resulting in 26 million fewer abortions and 79,000 fewer maternal deaths.
PAI works to secure greater support for international family planning and reproductive health programs. We track funding targets, document contraceptive shortages, and work with partners in developing countries to strengthen advocacy for their programs at home.
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Data Shows Americans Support International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
The latest data shows an overwhelming number of Americans from every political party in every area of the country support international family planning and reproductive health. Surprised? The data speaks for itself: 91 percent of Americans believe “every woman on … Continue reading
Con Las Manos Vacias: Delivering on the Right to Contraception
Too often, Latin American women go to a clinic for contraception, but they leave con las manos vacias — empty handed. When they return to the clinic, it will likely be for prenatal services. More than half of pregnancies in Latin … Continue reading
Stop Ignoring These 222 Million Women
Right now, 222 million women — more than the populations of Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, and The Netherlands combined — want modern contraception, but they can’t get it. If we gave these women what they wanted, we could have saved … Continue reading
Lessons in Love, from Women Deliver and My 5-Year-Old
My older daughter wants to marry her sister. I suggested she can marry a girl if she chooses, but her sister may be someone she wishes to keep as a dear friend only. If she marries her best girlfriend, Alex, … Continue reading
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Luck of the Draw
Every woman should have access to safe, affordable abortion care. Sadly, the United States government imposes numerous restrictions on funding for abortion services. However, for most women that face these restrictions, lawmakers have made some narrow exceptions in cases of … Continue reading
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Nightmare on Capitol Hill
Happy Halloween from PAI! Every year around this time, we see zombies, ghosts, and goblins roaming the streets. But these policies — and their impact on women all over the world — are scarier than any of the monsters we see … Continue reading
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Birth Control Helps Women Succeed
It seems obvious to most of us, but it’s always good to remind people: one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to empower women and increase their quality of life is to make sure they have access to birth control. … Continue reading
Newsletter
The Hidden Family Planning Crisis of the Urban Poor
Today, 3.9 billion of us live in cities. That’s more than half the world’s population. According to a new report released by the United Nations Population Division, by 2050, approximately 66 percent of the globe’s population will live in … Continue reading
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Sex in the City: The Family Planning Needs of the Urban Poor
Today, 3.9 billion of us — more than half the world’s population — live in cities. By 2050, about two-thirds of us will live in urban areas. With so many people moving into cities, you might think they’re gaining access … Continue reading
Press Release
An Abysmal Decision for Women’s Rights and For The United States’ Reputation Abroad
For immediate release June 30, 2014 AN ABYSMAL DECISION FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND FOR THE UNITED STATES’ REPUTATION ABROAD Statement from PAI President and CEO Suzanne Ehlers on Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Today, in a blow to women’s health … Continue reading
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Funding Family Planning Success
Country advocacy is critical to holding governments accountable for their FP2020 commitments. Yet too often civil society organizations simply don’t have the resources to support their efforts. The Opportunity Fund is a flexible source of funding for family planning advocacy … Continue reading
Newsletter
House Bill Still a Family Planning Fixer-Upper, But One Important Repair Made for Peace Corps Volunteers
Earlier this afternoon, the House Appropriations Committee approved an FY 2015 State Department and Foreign Operations appropriations bill that funds the international affairs budget, including funding for international family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) programs. The bill was adopted … Continue reading
Newsletter
It’s Complicated: Anti-LGBT Laws Leave No Easy Answers for SRHR Advocates
Recently at PAI, we were presented with the opportunity to partner with a local African civil society organization (CSO) to advance women’s access to reproductive and maternal health. At PAI, our preference is to work with local CSOs, as … Continue reading
Newsletter
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly at CPD
Last week, governments and civil society came together for the 47th session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD). This CPD was particularly important because 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the International Conference on Population … Continue reading