• Comprehensive sexuality education is an integral part of education

    • March 28, 2022
    • Factsheets
    • Gender equality
    • Global agenda
    • Youth

    EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Urpilainen has committed to increasing the EU Official Development Assistance (ODA) to education in partner countries to 10% and EU Delegations have prioritised education in their programming. Recognising the impact education can have on promoting gender equality, supporting youth and achieving sustainable development, Countdown 2030...

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  • What's new? November 2017

    • November 08, 2017
    • Newsletter
    • European voice
    • Family planning
    • Funding
    • Policies
    • Southern champions
    • Youth

    Check out the latest highlights of our recent activities & impact! Over the past few months, Countdown 2030 Europe has participated in the European Week of Action for Girls in Brussels, engaged EU Permanent Representatives on taking action on family planning issues, and our member in Finland, Väestöliitto, held an...

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  • What's New? September 2017

    • September 01, 2017
    • Newsletter
    • European voice
    • Family planning
    • Funding
    • Gender equality
    • Global agenda
    • Southern champions
    • Youth

    Countdown 2030 Europe partners held governments to account at the High Level Political Forum in September this year, Sophie, a youth ambassador from Plan Uganda wrote about barriers to contraceptive access for young people, and last but not least our Brussels-based partners successfully proposed amendments to the EU Annual Budget...

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  • FP2020 progress for youth in Benin

    • July 15, 2016
    • Videos
    • Family planning
    • Southern champions
    • Youth

    FP2020 progress for youth in Benin. In this interview youth champion Kader Avonnon, Regional President and National Treasurer, Mouvement d’Action des Jeunes Bénin, reflects on Benin's commitments to FP2020 and role of young people. "We, young people of Benin, need a decree that will ensure free modern contraception for adolescents...

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  • Joining Voices: No More Early Pregnancies

    • July 14, 2015
    • Videos
    • Family planning
    • Southern champions
    • Youth

    ‘No More Early Pregnancies’  conveys a story of adolescent girls and teenage pregnancies.  Many adolescents in Benin are sexually active and require Comprehensive Sexual Education and choice of Family Planning methods.  The film reveals the challenges women face in accessing rights-based family planning in a country where 35% of adolescents...

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