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Season 5 – Intersectionality in Family Planning

Inside the FP Story

Season Five: Intersectionality in Family Planning

Brought to you by VSO and Knowledge SUCCESS 

In the fifth season of Inside the FP Story, we collaborated with VSO to explore the reasons why an intersectional lens is necessary for sexual and reproductive health programs, including family planning. Our guests also introduce tools and resources that can help us ensure that policies, programs, and services are more inclusive and accessible to all. Featuring three episodes, this season provides you with a brief, yet comprehensive, overview of a key trending topic in the field of family planning.

Want to read the transcript while you listen? We’ve posted transcripts in English, French and Spanish under each episode. Episodes are also available on Simplecast, Spotify, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts.

Inside the FP Story is a podcast with family planning professionals, for family planning professionals. Each season, we explore the details of family planning programming, like you’ve never seen it before. Hear directly from program implementers and decision makers from around the world on issues that matter to family planning and get an inside look into their programs. Through these honest conversations, we’ll learn what has worked in family planning programs, what to avoid, and what others are doing to push the boundaries of creative solutions.

Episode One: Introduction to Intersectionality

In this season, brought to you by VSO and Knowledge SUCCESS, we are speaking with guests who are applying an intersectional lens to their work in sexual and reproductive health. In this first episode, we started out by asking our guests to define the term “intersectionality” so we can all begin on the same page.

Want to read along while you listen? Download the transcript in French or English.

Episode Two: Why Intersectionality Is Important (Community Perspectives)

In this episode, we will highlight the experiences of community members—both those seeking FP services as well as those providing services. Their perspectives will shed light on the importance of using an intersectional lens to plan our programs.

Want to read along while you listen? Download the transcript in French or English.

Episode Three: Tools for Applying Intersectionality to FP and SRH Programs

Our third and final episode of the season will highlight some tools and resources to help us ensure that policies and programs are more inclusive and accessible to all.

Want to read along while you listen? Download the transcript in French or English.