Family
Planning
2020
Stephanie Freid-Perenchio
photography/SFP STUDIO
Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) is a global
partnership that supports the rights of
women and girls to decide, freely, and for
themselves, whether, when and how many
children they want to have.
FP2020 works with governments, civil
society, multi-lateral organizations,
donors, the private sector, and the
research and development community
to enable 120 million more women and
girls to use family planning information,
services and supplies by 2020.
where more than 20 governments
made commitments to address the
policy, financing, delivery and sociocultural barriers to women accessing
contraceptive information, services
and supplies. Donors also pledged an
additional US$2.6 billion in funding.
Coordinating the international efforts of
these many diverse participants, FP2020
helps to ensure that agendas are aligned,
knowledge is shared and new cooperative
strategies are pursued.
The momentum behind FP2020
continues to build. More country
and global partners are joining the
movement with formal commitments,
driving national and global progress.
FP2020 is an outcome of the 2012
London Summit on Family Planning
Advancing access to voluntary family
planning improves the health and lives
of women and girls, and enables a more
prosperous, just and sustainable world.
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Reaching
FP2020's
goal will
result in:
more than 110 million
fewer unintended
pregnancies
nearly 3 million
fewer babies
dying in their
first year of life
200,000 fewer
women and girls
dying in pregnancy
and childbirth
over 37 million
fewer unsafe
abortions
FP2020
Governance
Structure
The FP2020 governance structure complements and
works closely with key partners and existing mechanisms
and will contribute to the UN Secretary General’s Strategy
for Women’s and Children’s Health, Every Woman,
Every Child. This unique governance structure allows
representatives from all sectors to coordinate activities,
pool their talents, align agendas and collaborate together
to address the policy, financing, supply, delivery and
sociocultural barriers to women accessing contraceptives.
The Secretariat is led by the Executive Director and reports
directly to the Reference Group. It is responsible for the
day-to-day administration of FP2020. Hosted by the UN
Foundation, the Secretariat manages daily operations,
administers the Rapid Response Mechanism, and supports
the strategies of the Working Groups.
The structure comprises four components to help achieve
FP2020's goal, under guiding principles based on
human rights, including choice, equity and voluntarism.
The components are: a Reference Group for strategic
direction, a Secretariat for day-to-day administration and
four expert Working Groups that provide technical
guidance and support.
The Country Engagement Working Group works to ensure
that countries get the support they need to develop,
implement and monitor their family planning programs.
The Reference Group is responsible for overall strategic
direction and coordination. The 18 members of the
Reference Group represent national governments,
multilateral organizations, civil society, donor foundations
and the private sector. The current Co-Chairs are Dr.
Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Dr. Chris Elias,
President of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation.
Deciding about pregnancy
should be by choice, not
by chance. Having the
information and means
to do so is a basic human
right. Family planning is
one of the best investments
that we can make for
women’s empowerment,
gender equality, sustainable
development and creating
the future we want.
Babatunde Osotimehin
Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
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The four Working Groups are at the core of FP2020. Each
group focuses on a key element of the overall initiative:
The Market Dynamics Working Group partners with the
health care sector to ensure that a broad-range of
high-quality, affordable contraceptive methods are available
to the women who need them.
The Performance Monitoring & Evidence Working Group
provides technical guidance on measuring progress toward
FP2020's goal, encouraging the use of data to inform
decision-making and identifying gaps in the evidence needed
to improve family planning programs and policies.
The Rights & Empowerment Working Group ensures that
a fundamental respect for the rights of women and girls
underpins all of FP2020’s efforts.
FP2020 Country
Focal Points
FP2020 is driven at the country level by donor
and government focal points. UNFPA Country
Representatives, United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) Health Officers and
UK Department of International Development (DFID)
staff serve as donor focal points. Government focal
points are designated by ministries of health. All focal
points play a key role in supporting governments and
facilitating communication with the FP2020 Country
Engagement Working Group.
FP2020 will continue to work closely with
governments and focal points to:
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Identify and match country needs to resources
Coordinate with existing mechanisms
Disseminate high-impact practices and innovations
Strengthen data capture and use
Track and report on indicators to ensure
information is as accurate, accessible and as timely
as possible.
FP2020’s
Rapid Response
Mechanism
FP2020’s Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), launched
in July 2014, opens up a dynamic new source of
support for family planning programs in the 69 focus
countries. The RRM disburses short-term grants in
response to critical emergencies, urgent needs and
unforeseen opportunities. The RRM was established
through the generosity of Bloomberg Philanthropies
and is administered directly by the FP2020 Secretariat.
The RRM is geared toward fast turnarounds:
applications are submitted on the FP2020 website,
funds are disbursed rapidly and projects are expected
to be completed within a brief time frame (no more
than one year from initial financial disbursement). The
RRM is not a substitute for long-range planning, nor is it
designed to fulfill ongoing needs. Instead, the emphasis
is on immediate, yet potentially catalytic, opportunities.
Programs at the regional, national and local level are
eligible as long as they serve to advance FP2020 goals.
Grants are available in four thematic areas:
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Discreet training (example: training health workers
to deliver a new type of contraception)
Advocacy and education (example: capitalizing on
an unforeseen opportunity to increase support for
family planning)
Increasing access for hard-to reach and marginalized
groups, including youth (example: an outreach
campaign to promote a new contraceptive product)
Other urgent need in support of FP2020 goals
(example: a time-sensitive, local adaptation of
contraceptive guidelines). FP2020 issued its
first RRM grant in September 2014. The Uganda
Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) is a faith-based
network that provides health care to poor and rural
populations.
Learn more about the RRM here:
www.familyplanning2020.org/rapidresponse
Since the London Summit, an unprecedented
number of countries have demonstrated
their commitment and leadership on family
planning by developing national family
planning strategies and committing new
resources to support them. More women
than ever have access to the tools and
information they need to plan their families,
which will help them reach their full potential
and generate a ripple effect that will allow
whole communities to prosper.
Melinda Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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In 2013, there were 274 million users of modern
contraceptives in FP2020 focus countries.
8.4 33
MILLION
MORE
WOMEN
AND GIRLS
USING MODERN
CONTRACEPTION
THAN IN
77M
COUNTRIES
UNINTENDED
PREGNANCIES
MADE COMMITMENTS
TO FP2020 AS OF 2014
IN 2013
125,000
WOMEN’S AND
GIRLS’ LIVES
2012 SAVED
AVERTED
DONORS
PROVIDED
CORE PARTNERS
BILLION
US DOLLARS
FOR FAMILY PLANNING
IN 2013
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