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OVERVIEW July 11, 2016 marks Family Planning 2020 s midpoint a pivotal moment to recognize and celebrate the incredible progress that has been made since 2012, while also acknowledging the challenges that line the path to 2020. Through the FP2020 partnership the sector is working together in new ways: enhanced collaboration is driving progress at every level; data are increasingly being used to drive decision-making on programs and policies; and commitment to FP2020 s rightsbased framework is growing. FOR MORE INFORMATION Lauren Wolkoff Communications Director lwolkoff@familyplanning2020.org Kelly Dudine Digital Engagement Manager kdudine@familyplanning2020.org The halfway mark of the initiative is a critical opportunity to reflect on what works well, discuss how to adjust efforts for greater impact, share insights on actionable interventions to accelerate progress, and hold ourselves accountable to the promise we have made to millions of women and girls. We call upon our partners to mark a midpoint moment in their own way and within their own context to create a ripple effect throughout the community that will carry us forward to meeting our goals by 2020, a critical milestone on the road to 2030 and realization of the Sustainable Development Goals.
TAKE ACTION What have we learned as a global community since 2012? What are the biggest challenges we face on the road to 2020? And what are the greatest opportunities to accelerate progress toward the FP2020 goals? Mark the midpoint moment: Starting on July 11, FP2020 invites the global community to celebrate our progress, thank partners for their dedicated efforts, and pause and reflect on a personal, organizational, or community level on the critical questions above. Share your responses through blog posts, social media discussions, and more, from July 11 and beyond, using #FP2020Progress. Promote FP2020 s partner blog series and special youth-submitted content: On Monday, July 11, FP2020 will launch a week-long partner blog series that will look at one key intervention to accelerate progress: ensuring youth have access to quality and voluntary modern contraception. We invite you to promote the blog series, and share your own insights on actionable ways to best ensure young people have the right to plan their families and their futures. Additionally, FP2020 called on young people to add their voice and perspective at this critical moment for the family planning movement - and they answered! Look out for this youth-submitted content and help share through your networks. Join FP2020 s midpoint tweetchat July 12: Co-hosted by FP2020 s core conveners, DFID, USAID, UNFPA, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the tweetchat aims to celebrate progress, assess challenges, and highlight accountability on the road to 2020. Join the conversation on Tuesday, July 12, 11:00 AM 12:00 PM EST using #FP2020Progress.
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KEY MESSAGES On July 11, 2016, FP2020 will mark the midpoint of this global partnership, celebrating the moment four years ago when the global community rallied around a set of common goals and aspirations at the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning to drive progress on meeting the needs of millions of women and girls around the world. At that time, more than 20 governments made commitments to address the policy, financing, delivery, and socio-cultural barriers to women accessing contraceptive information, services, and supplies. Donors pledged an additional US$2.6 billion in funding, and leaders including heads of state called on the global community to coalesce around family planning as an urgent priority in need of dramatically increased funding, advocacy, and country-driven progress. The event served as a catalyst for organizations and individuals working in this field to further align agendas. It also brought new commitments to family planning from focus countries, donors, implementing partners, civil society, advocates, and other partners.
KEY MESSAGES Four years later, the renewed attention through FP2020 has strengthened family planning globally, as more countries, donors and organizations are partnering in a variety of new ways, including committing or recommitting towards their FP2020 goals. As of 2015, an unprecedented 290.6 million women and girls are using modern contraception in the 69 FP2020 focus countries, an increase of 24.4 million from 2012. More than 90 partners have joined the FP2020 partnership, including 38 countries. From July 2012 to July 2015, the average increase in mcpr was two times greater among commitment making countries than non-commitment-making countries. Over the past year, we have seen the largest wave of new and renewed commitments since the London Summit, demonstrating that our collective vision and energy behind family planning is driving the progress we are seeing. Since November 2015, the governments of Afghanistan, Laos, and Vietnam have joined the partnership, along with the Margaret Pyke Trust, with the Population & Sustainability Network, and Population Services International (PSI). The German government, IntraHealth International, and the United Nations Foundation renewed their FP2020 commitments this year. Through the work of countless partners around the globe, support to countries is more robust, data are more reliable and nuanced, market-shaping interventions are being strengthened, and rights and empowerment principles are increasingly incorporated into programs and policies.
KEY MESSAGES Access to annual data that is reliable and nuanced is allowing countries to closely monitor progress towards achieving their FP2020 goals and is dramatically changing the conversation around global and national family planning progress. Increasingly countries, country partners, donors and other stakeholders are using annual data to inform discussions around policy and programming, and to shape decisions around where to make targeted and smart investments. More nuanced data allows countries and other stakeholders to better isolate and analyze trends that can provide a critical window into reaching the hardestto-reach, such as young people and rural and marginalized populations. The FP2020 process of annually looking at national data and subnational data is helping countries gain a sharper sense of where they are making progress and where they are lagging.
KEY MESSAGES The midpoint is a moment to acknowledge all that we have achieved together, and a time to hold ourselves accountable to accelerate progress if we are to achieve our goals and ultimately ensure that more women and girls have the ability to choose whether and when to have children. Reaching 120 million additional women and girls with access to modern contraception in the world s 69 poorest countries by the year 2020 is a critical milestone on the road to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We recommit ourselves to reaching those who want and deserve all that family planning offers in concrete, measurable ways. FP2020 aims to mainstream programs that meet and respect the needs of all clients, married or unmarried, and provide agency, access, and respectful care to uphold the promise of the 2012 London Summit.
KEY MESSAGES Family planning is a development best buy and has a cross-sectoral impact on our ability to realize all the SDGs. Research has shown that greater access to modern methods of contraception, in combination with investments in education and job creation, can put countries on a path toward a demographic dividend and greater economic growth. 1 A 2014 study conducted by Kenya s National Council for Population and Development and the Health Policy Project found that the family planning investments needed to put the country on a path to meet FP2020 goals and future higher goals would result in accelerated economic growth and an increase in per capita GDP of over $2,500 per person in 2050. 2 Reaching the ambitious goal of 120 million additional users of family planning in 69 developing countries by 2020 would accelerate family planning progress and put many developing countries on a path toward greater economic growth. This year s FP2020 progress report will highlight the combined economic benefits of countries achieving their FP2020 goals. FP2020 is aligned with the United Nations Every Woman, Every Child Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health. A commitment to FP2020 is counted as a commitment to Every Woman, Every Child. 1. http://www.prb.org/publications/reports/2013/demographic-dividend.aspx 2. http://www.healthpolicyproject.com/pubs/384_kenyademdivbrief.pdf
KEY MESSAGES How we get to our goal matters. If the family planning community doesn t take advantage of the renewed momentum, we risk missing the mark in reaching the hardest to reach young people, the poorest, the marginalized, and the most vulnerable. Progress without rights is not progress. Our efforts must always be centered on the needs of those we are trying to reach. In humanitarian settings, women and girls are often the hardest hit and family planning frequently falls by the wayside. We must promote their dignity, education, and autonomy, and ensure they re empowered to manage personal reproductive decisions, especially during times of great uncertainty. We must take a hard look at changing the policy and implementation barriers around youth examining the policies that have been enacted, how successfully they are being implemented, and what program improvements are needed to ensure we are reaching this generation of young women and men. We have a window of opportunity to raise our collective voices to ensure that health, rights, and the dignity of women and girls are central to family planning and broader development conversations.
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Join the FP2020 midpoint tweetchat July 12, 11AM to reflect on #FP2020progress & look at ways we can accelerate #familyplanning efforts! Ready to accelerate #FP2020Progress? Join the FP2020 midpoint tweetchat 7/12, 11AM with @DFID_UK @USAIDGH @UNFPA @GatesHealth @FP2020Global #Familyplanning community: Together, how can we accelerate progress? Tell us with #FP2020Progress. Learn more: http://bit.ly/28qpvel At the FP2020 midpoint, how can we ensure we reach our goals for women & girls? Add your voice: http://bit.ly/28qpvel #FP2020progress SAMPLE TWEETS CALL TO ACTION What does #FP2020Progress mean to you? How can we work together to #familyplanning efforts? Tell us! Learn more: http://bit.ly/28qpvel FP2020 invites partners to reflect on a personal, organizational or community level on what #FP2020progress means http://bit.ly/28qpvel
The FP2020 midpoint is a moment to acknowledge progress, and also one of great accountability. http://bit.ly/28qpvel #FP2020progress Enabling 120 mil more women & girls to access #familyplanning is a crucial milestone the #SDGs! #FP2020progress [IMAGE] Access to reliable & nuanced data allows countries to monitor progress toward achieving FP2020 goals http://bit.ly/28qpvel #FP2020progress #Familyplanning is a development best buy w/ great impact on our ability to realize the #SDGs. http://bit.ly/28qpvel #FP2020progress SAMPLE TWEETS KEY MESSAGES Progress without rights is not progress. All efforts must respect the needs of women & girls. http://bit.ly/28qpvel #FP2020Progress How we achieve #FP2020progress matters. Reaching the hardest to reach youth, marginalized & most vulnerable is key http://bit.ly/28qpvel
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