Grassroots Voices and Family Planning: Keeping Women at the Forefront
The past few days at the International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia have been fantastic in highlighting an array of voices, perspectives, commitments, and calls to action from a number of organizations, foundations, private sector representatives, and individuals. Large, international conferences such as this one are important to bring people together, create […]
Building the Future: Youth Rights
In 2012 I was fortunate enough to be selected as a Youth Leader for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Global Youth Forum, held in Bali, Indonesia. The Forum was preceded by extensive interaction at national and global levels on the themes of staying healthy; comprehensive education; families, youth-rights and well-being, including sexuality; […]
Cultural Barriers to Family Planning
This Wednesday, at the International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa, Pathfinder International presented an interactive session titled “Overcoming Socio-cultural Barriers, Myths and Misconceptions to Scale Up Family Planning Services”. This session discussed innovative approaches for scaling-up family planning services in places where socio-cultural barriers play a significant role in hindering a women’s ability to […]
