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Results-Driven Advocacy
PFRH Wednesday Noon Seminar
September 10, 2014
Beth Fredrick
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
The Beginnings
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Advance Family Planning (AFP) 2013-17
• Increase financial
investment &
political commitment
• Contribute to
FP2020 goals
• Access for 120 million
more women & girls
• >20 government
commitments
• US$2.6 Billion in
donor pledges
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Core Principles
• Locally-driven
• Focused
• Evidence-based
• Collaborative
• Influential
• Accountable
• Sustainable
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AFP Basics
• 9 countries
– Burkina Faso, DRC, Kenya, India, Indonesia,
Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda
• 14+ partners
• 2 African advocacy networks
• 70+ policy advances (“quick wins”)
• 1,000+ AFP Smart advocates & champions
• Opportunity Fund grants; $400,000 in 10+
countries
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Types of Quick Wins
Funding
District budget for village and workplace family
planning interventions increases by 54% from
$190,000 to $293,000
National family planning guidelines are amended to
allow community-based distribution of contraceptive
injectables
Policy
Visibility
DRC Government announces Family Planning 2020
(FP2020) commitment at the International Conference
on Family Planning
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Priorities
• Fulfillment of FP2020 commitments—by
governments and donors at country level
• Accelerating contraceptive choice—method
mix, supply chain, and tasksharing
• Decentralization—subnational policymaking &
budgeting
• Demographic dividend—policy implications
• International opportunities—SDGs & ICFP
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Resources
www.advancefamilyplanning.or
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www.advancefamilyplanning.
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Possibilities for You
• Modest project assistance (ongoing)
• Practicum (spring 2015)
• Understanding International Reproductive
Health Policy (4th term/2015)
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• High-level Advocacy Forum—October 9
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Thank you
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