This fact sheet presents estimates for 2017 of the contraceptive, maternal and newborn health care needs of women in developing regions, critical gaps in service coverage, and the costs and benefits of fully meeting these needs.

One of the five core functions of the World Health Organization (WHO) is shaping the research agenda and stimulating the generation, dissemination and application of knowledge.

The anticipated outcome of improved service quality is likely to be an improvement in the effectiveness and duration of contraceptive use and an improvement in women’s and men’s ability to achieve their own reproductive intentions.

The Population Council’s Strategic Priorities Framework presents our vision for the road ahead.

L’enquête examine les attitudes et les pratiques des hommes – et des femmes – portant sur un ensemble de questions majeures, dont le soutien à l’égalité des sexes, le soutien aux politiques en faveur des droits des femmes, les prises de décisions dans les ménages, le recours à diverses formes de violence fondée sur le genre, la participation des hommes à la prise en charge familiale et aux tâches ménagères, les vulnérabilités selon le sexe en matière de santé, le stress lié à l’emploi, la sécurité physique et des conditions de vie difficiles, ainsi que l’enfance, entre autres.

The International Men and Gender Equality Survey – Middle East and North Africa (IMAGES MENA) is the first study of its kind in the MENA region to take a wide-angle, comparative lens to the lives of men – as sons and husbands and fathers, at home and at work, in public and private life – to better understand how they see their positions as men, and their attitudes and actions toward gender equality. Equally important, IMAGES provides women’s perspectives on these same issues.

The International Men and Gender Equality Survey – Middle East and North Africa (IMAGES MENA) is the first study of its kind in the MENA region to take a wide-angle, comparative lens to the lives of men – as sons and husbands and fathers, at home and at work, in public and private life – to better understand how they see their positions as men, and their attitudes and actions toward gender equality. Equally important, IMAGES provides women’s perspectives on these same issues.

More countries are decentralizing key government functions, shifting responsibility for policy, fiscal, and administrative decisions to subnational and local agencies. The Subnational Toolkit is a catalog of resources to help guide advocates in communicating to local officials who may have limited understanding of family planning (FP) and its relevance to broader development objectives.

The emergency contraception wheel is a counselling tool for health providers, including pharmacists, aimed at strengthening the quality of EC counselling, and at promoting women’s choice in post-coital contraception

In this new video from CCIH, four religious leaders from Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia discuss the striking benefits to families and societies when couples are able to plan pregnancies. Religious leaders also explain why churches are uniquely positioned to educate communities about family planning and reach rural areas with services and supplies.