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218 million women who want to avoid pregnancy are not using modern contraceptives. Too many are being left behind at a time when the transformative impact of family planning is not only well-known but also achievable.
Resource date: 2013
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
Resource date: 12 November 2014
Resource date: 10 November 2014
Author: UNFPA
218 million women who want to avoid pregnancy are not using modern contraceptives. Too many are being left behind at a time when the transformative impact of family planning is not only well-known but also achievable.
Events
19 August - 30 August 1974
Bucharest, Romania
At the conference, the international community highlighted common concerns over emerging population issues by adopting the World Population Plan of Action, which helped governments and the international community coordinate trends in economic and social development related to population.
In the Caribbean country of Jamaica, a girl is barred from going to school if she becomes pregnant. Antoinette had no choice. Desperate to finish her education, she turned to the women's centre for help. UNTV, Mary Ferreira