By Raffaela Dattler, Financing for Development Advisor, International Planned Parenthood Federation Currently, 214 million women of reproductive age in developing regions have an unmet need for modern contraception. This means that they want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern contraceptive method. And needs for contraceptives will rise...
Today, the Countdown 2030 Europe Consortium launched its newest tracking report, which analyses the most recent trends in SRH/FP policies and funding support by European donor countries. The report shows that, despite an overall slight decrease in funding to population assistance and UNFPA in 2016 compared to the previous year,...
Countdown 2030 Europe welcomes the €12.5 million increase in the EU’s 2018 budget line dedicated to human development under the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI). This budget line includes funds for sexual and reproductive health and rights, family planning, child and maternal health, youth empowerment and gender equality. The budget currently...
European Week of Action for Girls provides a unique opportunity to bring girls’ rights to the forefront of the EU agenda. This year, European Week of Action partners put the spotlight on what needs to be done to overcome the barriers faced by girls all around the world, and to...
Countdown 2030 Europe Brussels-based partners successfully proposed amendments to the EU Annual Budget 2018 on human development. The Annual Budget is a key instrument to ensure that EU commitments towards Sexual and Reproductive Health and Family Planning (SRH/FP) effectively translate into its development cooperation programming. Partners worked in collaboration with...