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What we saw in 2012 a An organized opposition in Congress waged relentless attacks on reproductive health both domestically and internationally, with attempts to cut overall family planning funding, re-impose the harmful Global Gag Rule, and zero out funding for the United Nations Population Fund. PAI led the way in fending off these cuts, making more than 675 advocacy contacts with influencers and political leaders within Congress and the Executive Branch staff. Holding the line is not enough. In the next 10 years, we want to double annual worldwide funding for family planning and reproductive health. That means persuading the U.S. to pay its fair share of $1 billion annually for international family planning. “That means persuading the U.S. to pay its fair share of $1 billion annually for international family planning.” Momentum is building. The London Summit on Family Planning raised $2.6 billion and kicked off FP2020, a push to reach 120 million more women with family planning by 2020. But new funding must come with a commitment to accountability. PAI’s Reproductive Health BudgetWatch project worked with partners in 2012 to track the implementation of funding commitments at the country level—a task that will become even more important as those commitments grow. We can’t stop. To build on this momentum, PAI is working to increase funding for family planning and reproductive health from international institutions and other global donors by 5 percent per year, and move recipient countries to action. We want developing country governments to double funding and resources budgeted for reproductive health, and spend 100% of the funds they allocated for family planning on programs. Integrating HIV and reproductive health services is a win-win for women. In 2012, PAI produced a film, In One Place, and companion book, Under One Roof, which highlighted the challenges women face in accessing family planning and HIV care and the need for offering both services together. Both the film and book were released at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, bringing these critical issues to a broad audience. We’re committed to advocating with global donors and national governments to change polices that inhibit access to family planning and reproductive health services. That means not only challenging funding rules that keep HIV and family planning separate, but taking on the Global Gag Rule, abortion laws, so-called refusal clauses that can stifle access at pharmacies, and anti-prostitution pledges that serve to deny services to sex workers.
nd What we want to see Domestic champions are a loud and powerful voice for women in developing countries. Last year, PAI took Senate staff on a Congressional study tour to Guatemala, to show the effects of the Global Health Initiative on the ground. We also held events in the key Congressional districts of Pittsburgh, Boston and Portland, Oregon to ensure lawmakers heard about family planning directly from the people they represent. We want to mobilize influencers to create a supportive policy environment for family planning. PAI will continue to engage “grasstops”—such as public officials, academics, business leaders and NGO thought leaders—in its advocacy with the U.S. Congress and administration; at the United Nations; in the EU and with international institutions; and in developing countries. Partnership drives real policy change. In Malawi, PAI worked with local partners to produce and launch a report on population, climate change and sustainable development. The report led to meetings with the Vice President and Minister of Health at a critical time and resulted in the incorporation of climate change as a priority issue in the 2013 National Population and Development Policy. The Malawi partnership was just one example of PAI’s successful small grants strategy, which distributed almost $700,000 in 2012. We want to make a real difference where the need is greatest. PAI will select 10 priority countries around the world based on the unfulfilled demand for reproductive health and our ability to make an impact. We’ll deeply engage with local partners to improve national-level policies, remove barriers to family planning and reproductive health, and make sure women’s needs are accounted for in other areas of development.
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