
Latest Blogs
A selection of blogs from across the Federation

The Battle of Reframing: How anti-choice groups manipulate language to try to control the narrative
Reframing is one of the most powerful tools we have. Anti-choice movements have nefariously hijacked terms like “life” and “choice,” but we must reclaim them with accuracy and power.
20 July 2016
Kader Avonnon, Regional President and National Treasurer, Mouvement d’Action des Jeunes Bénin, reflects on Benin's commitments to FP2020 and youth
14 July 2016
Lorraine is centre manager of the Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK) clinic in Kibera, Nairobi – a place best known for being Africa’s biggest urban slum. Here FHOK is fighting poverty and myths to provide sexual health and education.
07 July 2016
As a schoolgirl Matilda Yeboah from Adentia in Ghana used to dream about what her life would be like in the future.
06 July 2016
First published in Huffington Post on 5 July 2016 Twenty-three-year-old Jas
04 July 2016
Before Agnes Nkandu found out about contraception the 24-year-old was constantly worried about getting pregnant.
01 July 2016
Jasmin, 23, is a married female garment worker from a poverty stricken area. “Without family planning,” I would not have been able to reach this level in my job. My job is very important to me."
29 June 2016
Four years ago governments and global health providers came up with a goal for an additional 120 million women to have access to contraception by 2
25 May 2016
Ima, 24, a recently qualified midwife from Indonesia, is a panellist in the Global Dialogue for Citizen-led Accountability for Women’s, Chi
17 May 2016
Girls age 15 to 19 with a diagnosis of a major mental illness are almost three times as likely to give birth as adolescents without mental health issues. Education is key.
04 February 2016
Imagine this: You’re pregnant, living at home, expecting to give birth in a few weeks’ time with the assistance of staff at your local clinic. But then disaster strikes.
