{"id":107,"date":"2022-11-20T21:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T21:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pathfinderdemo.flywheelsites.com\/?post_type=focus-areas&#038;p=107"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:33:44","slug":"contraception-and-family-planning","status":"publish","type":"focus-areas","link":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/focus-areas\/health\/contraception-and-family-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Contraception &amp; Family Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In over more than 100 countries and counting, our contraception programs have changed lives<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Voluntary contraception helps individuals exercise their basic human right of deciding freely whether, when, and how many children they want to have. We know contraception means better health, more girls in school, and greater resources for families, communities, and nations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Giving individuals access to a full range of modern contraceptive methods allows them to exercise power over their own lives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of access to quality services or information on contraception leads to unintended pregnancies with grave health risks.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>43% of adolescents have an unmet need for contraception, compared to 24% across all age groups. Teens\u2019 lives depend on reversing this injustice: Complications in pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contraception can do more than prevent pregnancy. Condoms, for example, can prevent sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and HPV, which causes cervical cancer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Test your contraception knowledge!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>FACT: Contraception saves lives and strengthens our communities. Test your knowledge about the realities of contraceptive access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-secondary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/pathfinderint.typeform.com\/to\/jbSuiBVv?typeform-source=www.pathfinder.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">take the quiz<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Counseling-sur-la-PF-Zinder-Ville-09-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1466 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Counseling-sur-la-PF-Zinder-Ville-09-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Counseling-sur-la-PF-Zinder-Ville-09-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Counseling-sur-la-PF-Zinder-Ville-09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Counseling-sur-la-PF-Zinder-Ville-09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Counseling-sur-la-PF-Zinder-Ville-09-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Counseling-sur-la-PF-Zinder-Ville-09-600x400.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Investing in voluntary modern contraception transforms the lives of women, families, communities, and countries. It is a development \u2018\u2018best buy\u2019\u2019 and is key to accelerating progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We partner with decision-makers to make sure modern contraception is available wherever needed at an affordable cost so people of all ages can choose the method that\u2019s best for them.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We strengthen the capacity of health systems and communities to demand, access, and provide a full range of quality information and services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We work with men, providers, religious and community leaders to eliminate biases and misconceptions that prevent contraceptive use.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-brand-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5d2f3a70 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:44px;padding-right:44px;padding-bottom:44px;padding-left:44px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cream-color has-text-color\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Support contraceptive access.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lg-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px\">Support women, strengthen families, and build a healthier future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-d445cf74 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-secondary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.pathfinder.org\/a\/eoycontraception\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know contraception means better health, more girls in school, and greater resources for families, communities, and nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":8152,"menu_order":9,"template":"","class_list":["post-107","focus-areas","type-focus-areas","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus-areas\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus-areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/focus-areas"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus-areas\/8152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}