Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
The human rights dimensions of family planning programs have been recognized for nearly half a century and affirmed in numerous declarations, conventions, and treaties endorsed by governments and the international community. While discourse about respecting, protecting, and fulfilling these rights is growing, a gap persists between human rights rhetoric and integrating rights in family planning policy, programs, and practice. Governments and programs struggle with defining and operationalizing a rights-based approach to family planning. Overall, there is scant evidence on: how to implement rights-based family planning (RBFP) programming, how to measure rights-based programming and outcomes, and the effect on family planning/reproductive health outcomes of implementing RBFP. Furthermore, literacy about human rights and family planning is generally low at the global, national, and subnational levels. Working with a range of stakeholders, the Evidence Project conducted several activities to address these gaps, and this activity brief outlines these activities: Defining RBFP and synthesizing resources; incorporating and operationalizing rights-based approaches in costed implementation plans; testing an index to measure adherence to RBFP; and defining rights-based indicators for family planning programming and monitoring.
Recommended Citation
"Expanding access to rights-based family planning: Activity brief." Washington, DC: The Evidence Project, 2015.
DOI
10.31899/rh9.1039
Language
English
Project
The Evidence Project
Included in
Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, International Public Health Commons, Maternal and Child Health Commons, Women's Health Commons