Promoting Family Planning

Promoting Family Planning

Challenge Around 214 million women in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy are not using safe and effective family planning methods, for reasons ranging from lack of access to information or services to lack of support from their partners or communities....
Niger Husband Schools

Niger Husband Schools

Challenge Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world and one of the highest maternal mortality rates (648 maternal deaths/100,000 living births in 2006; 545/100,000 in 2011). A decision-making space has been created where husbands can encourage others to...
India-UN Development Partnership Fund

India-UN Development Partnership Fund

Challenge In the spirit of South-South cooperation, the Fund focuses on least developed countries (LDCs), land-locked developing countries (LLDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), which represent 12 per cent of the world’s population. These countries...