What is the Family Planning Summit?
The one-day high level Summit, held in London on 11 July 2017, aimed to build on the progress made in many countries since the London Summit on Family Planning in 2012. Governments, donors, the private sector and civil society gathered together to make more ambitious and substantial commitments to achieve the goals of FP2020 – 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.
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Why was it important?
Voluntary family planning helps women take control over decisions about when and how many children to have. It saves lives and has the power to boost the development of entire countries. Read more in the Family Planning Summit concept note. The Summit focused on:
- innovative financial solutions to ensure quality contraceptive options are available around the world
- strengthening supply chains so that women have access to and can choose a method that best meets their needs
- empowering young people to have access to contraceptives and to be able to make their own choices
- reaching the hardest to reach, especially women experiencing humanitarian crises or facing other socio-cultural barriers
Read CARE’s key messages and policy asks (download 2-page PDF)
CARE advocated in particular for:
- increased access to family planning in fragile and emergency contexts – read CARE’s Issue in Focus report on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Emergencies
- increased accountability, including social accountability mechanisms and meaningful involvement of women and girls in family planning monitoring and decision-making
Read more
Sex doesn’t stop during emergencies – CARE’s April Houston outlines the horrific circumstances facing women and girls in emergency settings, and what is being done about it
Family planning saves lives and promotes resilience in humanitarian contexts – this report published by the International Rescue Committee, CARE, Save the Children and the Women’s Refugee Commission On behalf of the the Inter-agency Working Group for Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG) includes collaborative solutions and actions that need to be taken by countries, implementing agencies, and donors
Family planning in emergencies – why is it so crucial, and how can it be truly life-saving?
Let’s accelerate progress and fill key gaps – what CARE has done so far, and what we are going to do to achieve even more
CARE’s approach to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights – an overview of our programme approach to SRHR
Designing for impact at scale – CARE’s 2016 report on progress towards our objective of supporting 100 million women and girls to exercise their rights to sexual, reproductive and maternal health and a life free from violence by 2020
Supporting access to family planning and post-abortion care in emergencies – a summary of CARE’s SAFPAC project in Chad, DRC and Pakistan
CARE’s family planning wiki – our online Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights knowledge centre