Why we created this collection
Family planning policy environments influence contraceptive demand, availability, access, and use. They shape options and opportunities for the nearly two billion women and girls of reproductive age around the world.
PRB promotes and supports evidence-based policies, practices, and decision-making to improve the health and well-being of people throughout the world. Equitable access to quality, voluntary family planning can transform the lives of women, families, and the development of nations.
The policy environment within which all family planning programming, either private or public, occurs is complex and multifaceted. Enabling aspects of a policy environment can support access to and use of family planning. Restrictive aspects inhibit access to and use of family planning for certain groups of people or in certain situations.
By gathering and disseminating evidence-based, actionable information, like the resources included in this 20 Essentials collection, we can help to ensure that more women and families are supported by policy environments that enable their access to and use of family planning.
How we chose the resources
EEDA, PACE, and Knowledge SUCCESS used simple selection criteria to collaboratively create this collection of resources. To be included in this collection, a resource had to be:
- Produced or updated within the last five years.
- Relevant for more than one country.
- Evidence-based (backed by research).